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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

I think that the strength of the middle class has been
a factor in healthy and stable societies.  Never
formally studied the subject but read a lot of history
and this seems to show up a lot.
For several generations our middle class grew in size
and prosperity, I'm afraid that the current trend is
hurting us now and in the future.
Van Dell


--- Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> It will take strong unity in Congress to
> lessen the pain that  
> many Americans will feel as we transition to a
> nation of social  
> classes with a big void in the middle. The top tier,
> those the current  
> president gave the big tax break to, is growing, but
> at a slower pace  
> than the bottom class. Unless we do better at higher
> education we are  
> destined to become a nation of the wealthy and the
> service classes,  
> with the production class in developing nations.