‘Responsibility for Progressives’ to ‘Reject’ the Middle Class, TV Host Says, Since They Have No ‘Relationship’ to the ‘Poor or People of Color’
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Juan Gonzalez, co-hosts the radio and television program Democracy Now! made some startling admissions about his view on the middle class last week.
Speaking on a panel in Stony Brook, NY, Mr. Gonzales discussed his views on how detrimental the “fixation in American politics with the middle class” is. Gonzales explains:
“The key aspect of constantly raising the middle class in my mind is to exclude the poor and the unemployed from the concept of the people and to exclude immigrant labor from the concept of what American politics is geared to.”
Juan then discussed how politicians and the media coordinate to “confuse” the “working class” and create a societal ideal that discriminates on race and income.
“This concept of the middle class is an attempt to create a buffer zone or sense among the people that there is this other group of people that are not part of the middle class that they have no relationship to at the bottom, the immigrants, poor and largely people of color.”
The host of the broadly syndicated television and radio show went on to explain that the major goals of the progressive movement in the future should be the elimination of the “concept” of the middle class in American society.
“The key responsibility for progressives in my mind is to reject this concept of the middle class–from my perspective as a journalist, buying into the middle class paradigm is the beginning of a dulling of the consciousness for working people in America in the 21st Century.”
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mountainmover101
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:09pmI have often had a problem with the term progressive to define these people. They are espousing ideas that are anything but progressive. The first recorded use of a public dole was in Babylon. Karl Marx penned his ideas 164 years ago. These are old tired worn out ideas. They have nothing to do with a modern future or foward thinking. They are the policies of losers and freeloaders. That is why they are so popular in certain ethnic and racial groups. It is the policy of laziness.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:39pmHow bout calling them “anti-Originalists“ or ”central planners” (thanks to the RP supporter I stole the latter from)
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:52pmOur better yet dig deep into the progressive era. Anything written by Holmes or Brandeis. You probably won’t like what you see. Especially if you’re one of those “conservatives” (sigh) who believes it’s ok for our new security measures because we live in a different era than that of the founders.
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 5:38pmIf you call it what it is…Communism….People will reject it…new name for an ugly old idea…What scares me is the amount of people who swallow the lies…there is no middle class in communism
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 5:43pmThis TV host along with many will be hunted down and tried as subversives. We will not be in a very nice mood after having to defend our freedoms from such nasty sh t throwing trash.
Report Post »Calimann83
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 5:50pmwell like with anything on the left the title rarely fits the action.
Report Post »TAXEVERYONE
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 6:00pmProgressive is another word for anarchist.
Report Post »Inlightofthings
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 6:24pmMountain:
I think you need to learn just a bit more about strategy, and I say that with respect. I’ve posted on this topic in the past.
If you look at the history of communism it has similar associations wherever it rears its ugly head with few exceptions; massive death being one. Mass murder / cleansing would not work here in the states. A softer, more tolerable term needed to be adopted, which gave birth to the modern day progressive. There is a “progressive” caucus within the house and Mr. West has been vilified for referring to them as communists. His point was if you look at their doctrine, they are one and the same; I would say he is correct. The point is that the term is a front for advancing the ideology of communism, but people just don’t make the connection. Until people understand that when they introduce themselves as a progressive, they are truly introducing themselves as a communist, it won’t change. Think of it as a euphemism….the bottom line is, don’t be fooled.
Report Post »myway
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 6:54pmThey call themselves progressives to cover the fact they are communists. They don’t want to be called liberals.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 8:05pm“It’s the“ responsibility” of the progressives to “reject” the middle class”. Should read…. “it’s the DESIRE of the progressive to ELIMINATE the middle class .Obamaos’ policies are doing just that. There are MORE, not fewer lower income people than there were 4 years ago. He is actively recruiting food stamp recipients and eliminating the work requirement for welfare. Four more years of Ovomit and there will be no middle class, just the ruling class and the rest of us.
Report Post »chicago76
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 8:17pmIn communism there is only the party and peasants. Feast for party members and famine for non party members. Uh, the minority, party members, rule the majority. The civil rights act was a communist manifesto.
Report Post »smokeysmoke
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 8:44pmyour right… but like everything progressive its just a smoke screen for them…. HOLDING BACK DEVELOPMENT for 10 to 20 extra years to allow them to create monoplies on old industries and do their best from limiting future tech and development that could infringe on their “economic empire” this is what progressives have done since 1900… slow the development of the economy, and force you to choose your consumption from progressive industry, as they drive away all other buisness…
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 9:07pmComrades why not just call them what they are and be done with it.
Report Post »Does the word COMMUNIST stick in your mouth or something?
Well that is what a progressive is/does. talks COMMUNIST ideals and nonsense.
If you can’t use the correct word, then you have already lost the fight!
jzs
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 9:46pmGee, a “TV host’s” opinions are given status here? No surprise I guess given that college dropout AM talk show hosts are considered profound thinkers and carriers of the conservative banner.
No, that’s absurd. America’s distribution of wealth is changing, that much is certain. The very wealthiest, the billionaires, are increasing their wealth at a record pace. The millionairs are also increasing their wealth at a record pace. Those two groups own more and more the wealth of our country. The middle class and poor are gaining very little ground, if any:
http://advisorperspectives.com/dshort/charts/census/household-income.html?household-incomes-mean-nominal.gif
Republican policies clearly support the richest. No, don’t object. That American should cut taxes for the rich and pay for that by eliminated programs that support the poor, and raising taxes on you and me and the poor is the conservative posistion. Tax cuts for the rich create jobs and increase government revenue is the talking point, although that’s clearly false and demonstrated historically; i.e. the Bush tax cuts.
What I don’t understand is the Americans who vote against the best interest of the average American, like you and me, in support of those who would profit off of screwing American workers in order to make a couple of extra million a year. I don’t get it.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 10:10pm@TheBlaze You suck with your supression of the truth.
Anyone wanting to know what truly makes a progressive start with Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. You probably won’t like what you find there.
Report Post »The0bserver
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 10:20pm@JustAngry, I go by what they do, not what they say. Talk is cheap. Actions speak louder than words. All that stuff. Besides, The Blaze is not stopping you from writing about it. Go ahead, type in your sophistry. No one is stopping you.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 10:31pm@TheObserver, I tried man. And the Blaze is stopping me.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 12:20amHey JZS,
Who was that shriveled up, prune-like hag of a marxist sitting to the right of the moron in the video?
Back on the AM radio host schpeel again I see. Would that be the crew at AIR AMERICA you are referring to?
Oh, that’s right, I forgot, they went the way of the DO-do bird. Just like Current TV is about to do.
BTW, have you heard, The bird is a word? (Does that tool sit in the cubicle next to yours at the media matters boiler room?)
I see you are still repeating your communist talking points drivel. Are you wearing your communist grey day vear, or your communist grey evening vear while you “hammer” away at the keyboard?
JZS, choice is good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CaMUfxVJVQ
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 12:20amJZS…I can guarantee you that obama and his cronies are getting very wealthy selling influence and getting sweetheart deals, on everything they do….chicago “politics” all the way. There is not a chance you’ll be any better off than anyone else when the hammer comes down…as a matter of fact, If you are alive in 2014 I will be better off than you will be….and I will be dead. I agree with you that this runaway train can’t be stopped…its gone to far, past the tipping point. I will continue to hold on to God and and HIS ways. What are you holding on to? Ideology? if you are white you are a target, just like me…When you are confronted, whatcha gonna do? Whip out your DNC parking validation? That won’t save your weak azz. This tyranny that you are consciously hoping for won’t recognize you any more than it will any other honky or brother. You are gonna have to take that mark…that 666 chip or that barcode, just like any other smuck. I laugh at your lack of depth and I sneer at your impotence. i don’t have any power, but I do have a moral sense, and you don’t know what that means.
Report Post »I’ve always wanted to forgive and pray for the lost, but in your case, I believe I will put you down as ‘nonredeemable’. I will spend the rest of my life vigorously opposing your views and premises, any where I find them.
Therightsofbilly
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 12:31amOh, and JZS,
While were talking communism here, we are all still waiting to read the “JZS MANIFESTO”
We truly want to hear your plan for our great nation laid out clearly in print.
If I granted you dicktater status right now, what exactly would you do to improve our lot in life?
Just give us the first 10 dicktates you would hand down.
How would you fundamentally transform us?
You are quite proficient at parroting talking points off of your daily memo sheet, but we are more interested in any original thoughts you might have on improving the Republic.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 12:49am@mountainmover101
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:09pm
I have often had a problem with the term progressive to define these people. They are espousing ideas that are anything but progressive. The first recorded use of a public dole was in Babylon. Karl Marx penned his ideas 164 years ago. These are old tired worn out ideas. They have nothing to do with a modern future or foward thinking. They are the policies of losers and freeloaders. That is why they are so popular in certain ethnic and racial groups. It is the policy of laziness
Report Post »****
They’re definitely making progress, just remember, they’re all a little “Backwards” so of course their progress sets the country back!
The-Monk
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 1:30am@Max jones
Thanks for the “nonredeemable” statement. I’ll explain;
I have a friend who hates God, the Bible and all religions. His most favorite saying is, “Jeeeesus saaaves His followers…. and redeems them for valuable coupons and gifts.”
JZS is nonredeemable….. now that’s priceless!
Report Post »politicpunk
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 1:46amThat is a good point and one I have been thinking about for a long time! Thank you!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 2:00amMax jones, your post rambles some but I think I understand some of it. You’re afraid and believe you are a target because you are white, and that you might be assaulted. Because, I guess, there is a Democrat in office of President.
It sounds also like you have an incurable condition. If I read that correctly I’m sorry. You seem have fire and conviction. I hope I misinterpreted your post.
Report Post »Psonaught
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 2:39amBut jzs a high percentage of millionaires and billionaires support everything you believe in, don’t deny it. They wish for people like you to win, to cast down “the system” and create a new world, a better world.
They didn’t get to be that rich by being overly stupid or overly generous. Do you think it’s possible, just slightly possible, that you have misread the purpose of all these things. That perhaps you and people like you have been played the fools by those you believe are for the same thing you believe in? That giving up all individual freedoms to a centralized international gov. may just, just possibly be for the wealthiest and most powerful to win the full prize. absolute control and absolute wealth worldwide? And they being smart enough to have become so wealthy, know that just asking for all the world wouldn’t work, people need to be tricked into giving it up themselves by being turned on each other and the narrative of being against the wealthy like themselves needs to be controlled by taking over the substance of that narrative and controlling the outcome. That’s where you come in.
I don‘t stand against this because I’m too stupid to understand what’s good for me. I stand against it because if you take all the malformed logic and emotion out, and look clearly, end in exactly the opposite place you seem to think it will. This will not be good for anyone including you and the people you care about. Why do you not see this?
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 6:08amI get a headache just trying to follow their ideas, they are SO CONVOLUTED and illogical.
BUT, I do know they are preaching hard core Marxist, which always was supposed to lead to pure communism. These people shouldn’t be allowed to teach anyone anything anywhere. Deport them to North Korea where they belong.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 8:44amWhat they want is to get rid of the idea of a middle class so they can pit the rich vs. the poor in their twisted minds. It’s not that hard. What they forget to tell the majority of the now middle class is that they will be required to give up all that they have now so these ideologues can prove their point that the rich are evil money grubbin’ thugs. I wonder what they will do with all that money? My guess is that they won’t be feeding the homeless in Philly…that would be too undignified.
Report Post »poorrichard09
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 9:15amMark Levin calls them “statists” ie they believe a massive and all powerful state that controls everything and everybody will lead to Utopia. This guy is just as nuts as the rest of ‘em.
Report Post »contkmi
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 9:19amYou know, I find it funny that he espoused the thinking he just did. He just made himself into a racist without realizing it. He said people of color are at the bottom because they aren’t smart enough to get out of the bottom tier.
Man, libs/progressives/socialists are stupid.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 9:38amFirst off the only progress in progressives is progress towards slavery for all. Second, the middle class helps the poor out more than any government ever will, and the brainwashed masses just don’t get it. The middle class is the only thing that separates us from a two cass society, the poor, and th ruling class.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 10:14amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5GYOsKLp6o
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 11:24amProgressive is just a CODE WORD..http://voices.yahoo.com/communist-party-usa-tells-us-they-progressives-5385221.html
Report Post »heyjim55
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 11:36amMOUNTAINMOVER101
Report Post »You are spot on that this is a tired and failed ideology it advances nothing but misery, however I would add that people who believe they will not have to work and can sit home and do nothing are mistaken. Only in Europe has that been tried and failed as we see the EU collapsing. The EU is ran by Marxists who thought they could establish a different kind of Communism (nanny state a kinder gentler regime). Obama is not that type of Communist he is of the Maoist and Stalinist type those men did not allow laziness no one could sit home and collect subsidies you were assigned work and if you did not show up or refuse to work you were either sent to labor camps or shot. Later after the death of Stalin the Soviets implemented a method of out casting those who were lazy by taking away their papers and constantly arresting them until they accepted their orders. Citizens, neighbors and family were expected to treat their lazy family members and relatives as outcasts and disrespect them if not they to were arrested. Mrs. Obama has already made speeches about her husband not allowing people to sit and do nothing that you had to perform a service to the state or to the Government in order to receive services or monetary help. Obama’s ideology should be feared anything that resembles Stalin or Mao should be taken seriously, Obama must be voted out of office or we will never get him out as he has stated that this is his last campaign I believe he end our republic.
Hugh Williams
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 11:49am@ JUSTANGRY
Report Post »I am not clear about what you posted? Are you a fan of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr? Here is just one example of what a sick S.O.B. he was.
In 1927, Holmes wrote the 8-1 majority opinion in the Buck v. Bell case that upheld the forced sterilization of a woman who was claimed to be of below average intelligence. In support of his argument that the interest of the states in a pure gene pool outweighed the interest of individuals in their bodily integrity, he argued: “We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their lives. It would be strange if it could not call upon those who already sap the strength of the State for these lesser sacrifices, often not felt to be such by those concerned, to prevent our being swamped with incompetence. It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind.
The leftist have always thought they and they alone know what is best.
Tree_Butcher
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 4:58pmNo, this is EXACTLY what ‘Progress’, ‘Change’ and ‘forward thinking’ have ALWAYS been about. The destruction of freedom, the establishment of a Communist state in America, and suppression of the ‘Anarchy of the Individual’.
My rights are protected by my guns, not my pen.
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 5:20pm@JZS….Boy you said a mouthful, there, bro. Obama is not a democrat, although he claims the party affiliation. I know this and you know this. I know the depth of your unsatisfied power greed. You really believe the things that you spout, and you have a good grasp of the language, but I can never participate in the world you and your friends are intent to create, from the ashes of the republic and its moral fiber. I don’t believe that a republican win in november will solve our problems. The rot that has set into our system, a good part of which you represent here on blaze, is not reversible. It is all pre-ordained, Written, and totally predictable.
Report Post »There is only one dependable safety net, and its not collectivism. Collective salvation is illusion.
There will ALWAYS be greedy dishonest and murderous individuals in the collective,(thugs) and they will always end up in charge, plain old boring “human nature”. In the system the progressives espouse, there is no recourse, no way to protect rights, property or life itself. I will not accept nor will I participate. Not only that, I will cry from the rooftops of the evil that has recently come to this earth. I will pray that God’s will be done. Exposing the lie that has got you in its grip. That is an idea so foreign to free men, as to be the very embodiment of the evil one. Oh, yes, JZS I believe that he is real, that old serpent. You probably can’t see him, but I can. He is here on Earth, right now.
justangry
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 6:41pm@Hugh, I am absolutely not a fan of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., but progressives on both side of the isle are. Whenever I try to talk about how progressives used his dissents and views on constitutionalism on this site I’m censored big time. People who like his ideas don’t believe in the Constitution and that our rights come from a higher authority.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 9:08pmMax jones, your post certainly paints and picture of gloom and doom in the future.
But I’m curious. What freedoms have you lost? I hear a lot about freedoms people are losing and yet no one can give an example! President Obama hasn’t introduced in gun control legislation, so your safe there. There are no federal curfews, restrictions on travel, requirements to show your ID anywhere (well, except in Arizona, but that’s only for Mexicans, and not an Obama thing).
Assuming you can‘t tell me any freedoms you’ve lost, what freedoms are you afraid of losing?
You say you’re really worried about losing freedoms. I’m interested. What freedoms? Seriously, what are you woried about?
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 12:14amHey JZSaul,
Have you talked to any of the citizens that have lost the freedom to use and enjoy their own property due to silly and stupid environmental regulations? (Like the one where they dug a temporary retention basin to store water for their livestock during a drought period? When the drought period was over, they went to fill the hole back in so as to use the land for farming once again, and were not allowed to do so because they were destroying a “wetland”)
There are many examples like this JZS, in addition to people losing their land completely because of bogus “Eminent Domain” cases where property is siezed, the citizens are paid below market value for it, the property is then sold to a crony of a government official. For a kickback, of course.
Use your “Googles” JZS, you can find many more.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 12:17amOH, and JZS,
I missed the most obvious one of all.
How about the freedom to not buy health insurance if I don’t want it.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 7:53amThis dumba55 fails to realize that most of the middleclass came from the poor class and they’ve done it within the last couple generation. Just like most of the upper class has come out of thye middleclass within the last couple generations.
Report Post »This man is nothing more than another communist democrat.
NikolaTesla
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 12:17pmWe are in the clutches of a political party which
caters openly and brazenly to the mob and believes
that by pouring out billions of public money, still
unequalled, it can remain in power indefinitely. The
democratic principles are forsaken and individual
liberty and incentives are made a joke. The “New
Deal” is a perpetual motion scheme which can never
work but is given a semblance of operativeness by
unceasing supply of the peoples capital. Most of the
measures adopted are a bid for votes and some are
destructive to established industries and decidedly
socialistic. The next step might be the distribution
of wealth by excessive taxing if not conscription.
Nikola Tesla 1934
The have run the same garbage game plan since Marx gave them the plan and Lenin gave them the strategy to implement it. These people don’t change. JZS ovvoiusly thinks collegen teaches more than just orthodoxy, too bad he is wrong.
Report Post »5.56NATO
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 12:24pmThanks, JUSTANGRY, I think “Central Planners” is great! That is the Democratic party in a nutshell. Hopefully, these central planners will meet the same fate as the ones in Moscow, or – maybe the ones in Bucharest! Remember them?
Report Post »00gabooga
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:08pmIf he means the Middle Class works hard, spends responsibly, saves their money, abides by the law and doesn’t depend on the government for their livelihood, then yes, he is exactly right, the Middle Class has no relationship to the poor or MOST people of color. (I say most because I AM a person of color)
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 9:36amMe too, white with a tinge of pink and tan.
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 3:33pmProgressive/Keynsian economics 101
1. The amount of money you have is in direct proportion to how evil you are.
2. A middle class should never exist, it should be a classless society, with the central planners as our guiding light
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:02pm@THE_BIRD_IS_THE_TURD… As an outsider, how do you feel about the human race?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 9:41pmONETERMPRESIDENT, saw his post earlier. Don‘t know why I didn’t make a remark then. He’s obviously nuttier than squirrel turds. Take a look at his profile page here.
Report Post »http://www.theblaze.com/users/the_bird_is_the_word/
OneTermPresident
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:59pmProgressives… My ass. Call yourself what you are.. you frigging Communists. Stop hiding in your Democrat clothing.
Report Post »tommyg524
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:08pmhere ya go, you should feel right at home here:
Report Post »http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/money-power-wall-street/#b
BSdetector
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 5:33pmThanks Tom, now you can head on back to your brothers at AmericanNaziParty.com
Report Post »762x51
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 8:19pmI just call them targets. It is a very accurate description and will never change until there are no more “progressives”.
Clean up America, kill a Communist.
Report Post »socialism.rocks
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 10:21pm@ 762×51
the middle class aid the capitalist class and in every homeless camp there is a guy with a small dvd player showing them what the middle-class say about them how they are parasites how the middle-class says they are bums how they are parasites how they should be kicked out of their cities how they should be in prison for being poor
because there is not enough jobs
they show them video’s of the middle-class mocking them calling for their death-
i know cause i have been too 20 states doing it myself…. we are building a army the world has never seen no government no religion will be able to stop it
we have our own language we have our own culture we have our leaders we have our own laws we are a nation state within every country.. on earth
we have a new common tongue
you are the old world about to be replaced with a new one
going to kill nearly 6.8 billion of us-there is not even two hundred million of you left
Report Post »thats right there is not even two hundred million pro capitalists left in the world….
BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 12:39am@Socialism- do you even know what middle class means? It’s a measurement of ones wealth, not a measurement of ones character. What you are speaking about is character issues and there are character flaws within every class. The idiot on the video is no different. If you want to appear stupid, you are doing a good job- sterotyping the members of a particular class of people.
I consider my family a member of the middle-class but I was raised in poverty- worse conditions than even what is considered impoverished today. And I am sick and tired of people saying that because I belong to this particular group that I can’t understand the poor, or if I have managed to climb my way out of meager beginnings that I didn’t do it on my own. Well, maybe OBAMA didn’t do it on his own, but this girl worked her arse off to get where she is. There were no hand outs for me, there wasn’t anyone willing to invest in MY future. I took the risks, made the decisions, did the work, and by God I should have the right to at least own my individual successes.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 9:17amsh-t rocks has lost it…best be leaving the bath salts alone , comrade….lemming chow is your limit…now back in grannies basement…
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 9:38amFroward.
Report Post »termase
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 10:19am@tommyg524 really, you are quoting PBS? The so call PBS that is on the give me from Obama. PBS is so BIAS towards any kind of rational thinking.
Report Post »socialism.rocks
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 12:04pm@BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
here i will make it in simple english for you the middle-class takes more welfare then they pay in taxes.. they taken more handouts since 1982 then they’ve paid in taxes can we say suppyside economics if you add up all entitlements given to poor people… in the history of welfare – it takes 2 years of middle-class handouts to outspend the whole history of welfare
yes the middle-class does not pay its own way then has the gal to call poor people parasites…yeah those middle-class want their entitlements like the rich but want none for the lower classes
revolution is coming
the numbers are out there the cbo has reported it…..
Report Post »the middle-class is nothing more then the house slave-who get better handouts then the serfs
5.56NATO
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 12:29pmsocialism.rocks, while you are assembling your “army”, making your signs and getting your megaphones plugged in, we are loading and waiting. It’s hard to sing “*** Ba Ya” with half a head!
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:52pmOf course, we’re not allowed to discuss what makes one a progressive, so why post anything about progressives on the Blaze? Wonder if they’re allowed to talk about it on the huffpo.
Report Post »The0bserver
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 9:23pmYou had your opportunity just now. What stopped you?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 10:32pmThe Blaze moderators.
Report Post »termase
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 1:27pmWhat a bunch of shyt. Please provide proof Ly’in shythead.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 10:30pmJUSTANGRY, I WOULDN’T TRY IT ON HUFF POST, THEY BANNED ME FROM THE SITE FOR USING THE WORD PROGRESSIVE AND SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE DEMS PROGRESS AGENDA., I never cursed or made any type of threat, or called any one names. Nothing I said was racist in any way. ….Banned. I complained on every conservative site and on FB about it. Suddenly I was back on Huff Post and allowed to comment. However most of my post would not go through I kept it up, over and over again for hours . My computer would freeze up and I would have to shut it down and start over again. One of the points I was trying to make there was that Hillary Clinton was the first one that I heard refer TO herself as a progressive. It got popular for awhile and many proudly claimed to be Progressives, until……Beck exposed what the progressive movement is. Suddenly there was no reference to being a Progressive. Yahoo often blocks me from commenting about any thing political. Here onThe Blaze my computer freezes up as well as FB. I use FB to post political articles. I started using Ghostery and it shows who is monitoring each site. Interesting information.. I believe that we are closely monitored here on the Blaze . I think we would all be surprised if we knew who was behind it. The Blaze doesn’t control it. Our trolls that are here most likely have a part in it connected to them. We post at our own discretion so if we post we open ourselves up to it. The Progressives don’t like any statements against them.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 5:20amPamela, I assume you’re right. I’ve heard others complain about the Huffpo as well. It’s sad, I’m seeing evil both from the right and left.
Report Post »Hugh Williams
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:50pmCool… it is nice to see a leftist finally tell us what they think and what they are working toward. Look at every Communist, Marxist and leftist country throughout history and you will see there IS NO MIDDLE CLASS! There are the ruling class party members that live a lavish lifestyle and then there are the masses that barely survive. These leftist leaders and commentators see themselves as being among the ruling class living high on the hog while they tell the starving masses what to think say and do. The leftist are becoming more and more bold and they are no longer trying to hide their true beliefs and desires. They can sense they are very close to achieving their goal of the destruction of the Constitution and the end of Capitalism. I am close to 60 and I can’t imagine the way the world will be when my grandchildren are my age. I pray I am wrong but I think there will be misery worldwide that has never been seen in the history of the world.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:19pmPerfect post!
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:29pmHugh,
Report Post »You are right but unfortunately we will not have to wait anywhere near you grand children’s 60th birthday. It will happen fast and things are moving very fast – Europe is toast within one year at the outside- my personal guess is this winter. If Bibi believes Obama might get re-elected – he will bomb Iran – not good for oil/food prices etc. China is going through a housing bubble that would make ours look mild and their economy is going to flat line. Japan is about to fold and when these things begin to domino the whole fake flat paper world economy will be in ruins. We will be back to local farming and a barter system.
michael48
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 6:04pmDNComrades Equality= Everybody Equally POOR…with the exception of ME..because I touchie, feelie for you…um…um…um…
Report Post »paying-for-freedom
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:49pm@The Bird Is The Word
typical for a liberal commie with no real strength in his arguments or the intellect to understand his real role in life. So why don’t you go back to the huff-me-a-ton post and hang out with the rest of your “ I wish we knew what we were doing or even want ” bunch of liberal buddies and stay off sites like this. Its obvious you don’t have anything of real value to share with the rest of us. This site is too upper class for a dumb@$$ like yourself.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 7:56pmI’ve been looking for the post from“bird” but am unable to locate it. I wonder why. Do you know?
Report Post »The0bserver
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 9:27pmMaybe the moderator removed it for violating ToU and CP? Or maybe it’s a 911 Truther conspiracy.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:47pmTV hosts of the MSM are getting dumber and dumber and continue to advance Obama’s agenda. America is so divided now. People coming to America used to come because they loved what America stood for. Now they just want, want, want. Perhaps it is time for them to return to their country of origin and work on getting what they want from their home country.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:07pmPS, We are a Republic, not a Democracy.
Report Post »Tree_Butcher
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 4:54pmAnd the true colors show for once.
I have been one of the poor all my life, working hard to get out of it. This worm and progressives/socialist/communists don’t give a D@M|\| about me, my family or my country, I want it known they do not speak for me, only I do.
I don’t believe my government has my interests in mind either, none of them are here helping my replace the brakes on my wife’s 12 year old car today.
This is a culture war on all of America, regardless of station or race. We must stand together against those who want to destroy us, guys like this need to be vilified, and kicked to the curb of every institution they try to get into. pull the funding of the institutions they DO get into.
Report Post »Ducky 1
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:47pmI used to be in the middle class but no longer. I am poor enough for food stamps but refuse to get them. Guess it is working progressives. Haven’t given up on the American dream that some day I will have enough money to take it easy.
Report Post »762x51
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 8:22pmYou don’t have to poor to get food stamps anymore. Haven’t you seen the commercials for them? Comrade Chairman Obama wants as many people dependent on him for food and other necessities by the election so he can be in power forever.
Report Post »ricckky
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:46pmTalk about dumb—I have always contended that the person giving you the middle finger is usually the persons I.Q.–Not smart enough to talk about facts–The bird would be a hitler follower. No facts just slander–I love guys like this–” if you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed” Hitler’s Mein Kampf
Report Post »TrollBane
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:55pmI wouldn’t use that quote, if you read the paragraph where that misquote originated from, you probably wouldn’t use it anymore.
Report Post »The0bserver
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 9:29pmI always thought it was said by Herr Doktor Goebbels.
Report Post »uffdaubet
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:45pmSo what do you suppose this dipsticks earns. Or is at least paid, I doubt he earns it.
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:40pmThe closer the progressives get to accomplishing their goal to take our Country over the more they are outing themselves for all to see. This is not to be discouraged, it is to be exploited.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:46pmAbsolutely correct.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 10:42pmJUSTANOTHEROPINION. they don’t seem to mind exposing themselves any more, on fact they seem pretty confident.
Report Post »dlivelli
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:39pmDoes this not sound like the road to serfdom? There will be only 2 kinds of people in obamas new world order. Those that are in charge, and those that do the bidding of the people in charge. Once they have all the power they need we will all be servants….serfs. They will however, use and manipulate those in the ‘middle class’ to get the power they seek. Who is the bigger fool….the fool that leads or the fool that follows!?
Report Post »They, the progressives and comunists, are getting bolder and bolder. That can only mean that they are far along in their quest. Stopping them will NOT be easy, but it has got to be done to save the republic. Question those in power…..research the answers and statements they give….find the truth from original sources…..put yourself in the shoes of others and see how things effect them,…..with the knowledge you have gathered, make the choice you think is best. Make it YOUR choice though, not what someone else tells you.
We are losing our independence, both literally and figuratively. Those that won it for us fought too long and too hard for us to just throw it away. Once freedom is lost, it will take generations to get it back. Are we willing to sleep on our watch and leave posterity to do their job and ours?
chips1
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:50pmIf the Progressives get their way and the two groups of haves and have nots, how will they guarantee someone will show up and mow my lawn?
Report Post »spirited
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:59pmOne would think they’d learn already.
What the “Juans” don’t get:
Just as Mussolini thought he‘d ride on Hitler’s coat tails
–and then, pull a fast take-over,
he like “Jauns” are “useful idiots”.
Hitler did not get his personal satisfaction to finish off Mussolini though;.
–Oh those lassoing street folks!
And Hitler? Ya, he got his own comeuppance .
Rulers will never survive
Report Post »Only leaders of a free world will.
Hugh Williams
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:00pmYou see and understand what is happening. Too many people posting about this story think these people are just stupid. This guy and the rest of the leftist are not stupid they are following the leftist playbook step by step. They want the end of Capitalism.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:05pmGive me Liberty or give me Death. I think it might be coming to that soon. Those of us that have lived in America for generations have stayed in America because we love our country. Those that have come and pursued citizenship have come because they love the idea of being an American. The ones promoting all this division and socialist talk need to leave and find a country that suits what they need. Perhaps China, Iran, just pick one and leave.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 7:24amObama’s NWO? Please consider that this is not a left vs. right objective. Afterall the first we’ve heard of the NWO was Bush Sr.
Report Post »TrollBane
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:35pmThese stupid little cretins’ and their social engineering experiments can go to hell.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:41pmAmen !!! We all used to be AMERICANS!
OMG 2012! LIBERTY
Report Post »ricckky
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:33pmWell guess what?-The liar-n-chief has abandoned the middle class already-why? because he knows we won’t vote for him–even though we bring in –except for the rich— the majority of taxes. He wants votes first to stay in power, then he will figure out how to screw the POOR AND THE MINORITIES LATER!!!!!!. This man is truly diabolical and a text book SOCIOPATH!!!!!!
Report Post »ToughLove
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:33pmOK, this guy is, I believe, talking trash about America…but his presentation is so poor, so halting, so stumbling bumbling fumbling as to be largely incoherent. Next.
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:32pmSo who’s watchin out for da poor people without color? It‘s just ain’t fair.
Report Post »kiwi1
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:31pmJust as I thought. These Progressive/Commie/Marxists and the Big Guy Obama are trying to Eliminate or Destroy the Middle Class. The programs they are introducing and expanding on are being done to wipe out the Middle Class. Obama’s Rich Pals, Politicians and the Elites are not being hurt by his policies. The Wealth distribution he is doing is mostly coming out of the Middle Class. Working families and Small Businesses. This is intentional!! Financially Destroy Independent People. The Middle Class is Obama’s and Progressive/Commies biggest enemy. If they get their way, there will only be The Very Rich and the Very Poor! Slaves and Masters……..Are you connected????…Where do you think you will end up. Die as a Free Man or Live as a Slave…
Report Post »Joe_2112
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:58pmYou’re already a slave. If you work, and pay taxes to advance somebodies agenda, you’re a slave. The elite of the world do not work or pay taxes. Get it?
Report Post »monkombre
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 7:22pmYes Sir, “Better to die on your feet, than serve on your knees.” I will not comply, “will obey God as ruler, rather than men.”
Report Post »ChildofJesus
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:30pmReminded me of the cste system in India. That‘s not how we do it here I don’t know how they do it in Mexico.
Report Post »semihardrock
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:28pmHe left out…..For purposes of indoctrination as to appeal to the very poor so “WE PROGRESSIVES” can maintain power and control over the masses.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:27pmand all the progressive white slaves wag thier tails and say yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:22pmObama and the ‘liberals (progressives) hate the rich and the middle class. When they say ‘middle class’, that is code for white people. Don’t forget that. They think that the poor are basically people-of-color and immigrants. Did you see ‘white’ in that sentence? Tell everyone you know that the democrats say they ‘don’t need the middle-class’. They said it through their minions and obama has already written off much of the white-middle-class votes. He does not cater nor speak at us or to us. All white people should shun the democratic party and also be rabidly anti-immigrant. Immigrants nowadays are not main or even minutely European whites. They are black and dark brown third worlders that cannot and will not assimilate.
Report Post »RetiredAmericanNavyTaxpayer
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 5:35pmNot all “immigrants” should be painted with the same brush.
If I may respectfully disagree with you, Carnac, I would submit that the majority of LEGAL immigrants that come here have willingly renounced any and all allegiance and political ties to their country of origin and have willingly sworn allegiance to the United States, having come here desiring American citizenship and integration into American society, with the attendant benefits of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness. Witness for instance the “boat people” of Cuba and later Vietnam. Legal immigrants from Africa, Asia etc are notable for making good use of the US educational system and rising in the engineering, scientific, electronics and medical fields. I say more power to them!
An exception could certainly be made for a subset of the followers of a certain Middle-Eastern religious persuasion, which subset tends toward non-integration and which settles into Balkanized communities (Dearborn, Mich. comes to mind).
I do agree with you, however, on those that have “immigrated” ILLEGALLY, who have no allegiance to the US.
Curious how those 2 little letters – IL – make such a difference.
Report Post »Pigpen
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:19pmI love this article! It says it all! The message from the Left is clear: “REJECT your Christian tradition and EMBRACE the socialist economic agenda and the homosexual-oriented nouveau morality OR forever be BRANDED as a REPRESSED MIDDLE-CLASS RACIST H0NK3Y !!!”
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:39pmThe_Bird_is_the_Word – I believe your moniker says it all about you. Go back to Huffpo.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:03pmPIGPEN:
Report Post »WOW!!!! Your post caught two liberals. What are you using for bait?
socialism.rocks
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 2:24pmjesus was a socialist~!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:13pmHey genius, maybe it’s because conservatives want the poor, the unemployed and immigrant labor all to be become middle class through opportunity and hard work. Obama on the other hand gives lip service to that concept, yet needs the poor to stay poor so he and his ilk can stay in power. He governs accoringly to assure that happens.
Report Post »Zwiseguy
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:21pmForget that! I’m aiming for the 1%! Why settle for middle when you can go for gold?
Report Post »spirited
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:34pm“I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
In 1923, the words, “the Flag of the United States of America” replaced “my Flag”.
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
In 1954, in response to the Communist threat of the times, President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words “under God,” creating the 31-word pledge we say today.
Bellamy’s daughter objected to this alteration.
Today it reads:
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Section 4 of the Flag Code states:
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”, should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove any non-religious headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute.”
“God” has since been banned in public schools.
>“Democracy Now” ? No Jaun
Report Post »kiwi1
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:37pmHey Bird……….Gonzo is Correct and the picture you have next to your User Name says everything we need to know about you. Classless.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:37pmThe_Bird_is_the_Word – Wow, you are one classy dude. Gonzo always makes sense unless you are an idiot.
How about the novel idea of everyone working and achieving. You earn the status you work for. No more handouts. If Illegals are illegal, doesn’t that say it all and they should have no say in our government until they are legal immigrants.
Report Post »malbro
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:41pmTo: The bird is the word ..Gonzo is right on….What is the temper tantrum all about……..
Report Post »ThorLoser
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:46pm@The Bird
Your comment illustrates the problem with progressivism perfectly.
The American Dream is not to aquire stuff, it is to have the right of self determination through self-governance rather than becoming a defacto slave through the dictates of “our betters”.
Those of us who value liberty and the constitution do not want for a perfect society, just one where we govern ourselves, flaws and all.
Yes, I realize you are a troll, which made your comments about intelligence even more laughable. Your resume must be *very* impressive… do you list trolling as skillset above or below flipping burgers?
Report Post »marcus_arealius
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:12pmRight on Gonzo. The Birdman from Obamatraz makes no sense, which is the progressive mantra ‘nonsense’ Mmm Mmm Mmm. Read something, interpret with the IQ of 50, vomit out mouth via keyboard.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:12pmI have a bird for you, wish you could see it.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:14pmHey, Gonzo!!!! There is a turkey vulture following you.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:24pmI agree with Zwiseguy. I want people to become as financially successful as they want to become.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:45pm@THE BIRD IS THE WORD,
Tres unbelievable you are !
Do you not understand that your very post SHOWS you are a PROGRESSIVE?!
You should feel shame.
PROGRESSIVES are Monsters. They rear their ugly heads every 40 or 50 years. They are bent on destruction of all things natural and good. They bastardize good. They use it for evil.
PROGRESSIVES saw an opportunity with the Barry Dunham administration. It seems they have all emerged from the ratholes and sewers they dwell in to open the “Pandora’s Box” of their hate.
Progressives make the LIE the TRUTH and the TRUTH the LIE! They are bottom dwellers. They go after the stupid and ill informed to increase their minions..
I hope this 2012 election sends them all back to the sewers they thrive in.
I post from Wonderland. “Down is up. Up is down. We’re painting the roses red.” And as the Cheshire Cat said to Alice,”We’re ALL mad here.”
Report Post »Anadara
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 5:26pmWhen I was young, we were poorer than dirt. No joke. We didn’t have squat. No food stamps, no public assistance, not jack. I learned 2 lessons: Hard work, setting goals, and tenacity will not only allow you to escape poverty, but it can make you wealthy. Secondly; too much charity creates a culture of lazy parasites.
Report Post »My message here is that this Administration is taking away opportunity and shackling a new class of economic slaves. …Class warfare is an invention of the socialist left to create a powerful elite oligarchy.
Anadara
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 5:31pmHey bird, is that a booger on your finger?
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 6:07pmBIRD you’re an idiot obamazombie and Gonzo is correct,now get back on your knees to worship Barry.
Report Post »Rman3
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 6:57pmI discovered early in life that many poor people want to stay poor… and they often refuse to do the things needed to stop being poor. When I was 19, I worked on a farm during the summer to earn money for college. It was very hard work – in the fields picking up 60-pound bales of hay and throwing them on to a wagon, eight hours a day in the hot summer sun. The job lasted 10 weeks. During that time, I worked with 9 different helpers. They were all what you might call “white trash.” I knew many of them from high school, one of them an infamous “tough guy” bully. They were from poor families. This farmer told me he hired people like this to try to help them “get ahead.” Well, not one of these 9 guys lasted longer than 10 days. They dropped like flies because the work was “ridiculous” or “stupid.” (I saw one of them a few weeks later at the grocery store using – yup – food stamps.) I was the only worker who lasted the entire 10 weeks. (The “tough guy” bully lasted four days! Ha!) After that summer, the farmer refused to hire the poor because they just didn’t have a work ethic.
Report Post »GrayPanther
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 10:06amGONZO nail’s it again. America has been the haven for all who come here legally and partake in the American Dream. BHO is attempting to destroy this model with his Marxist model presented with the near Fabian Socialism smoothness. WRONG! “We the People” smelled the RAT early on but too late. We handed BHO the torch by having the good ole boy Republicans select their champion; Juan McCain. Therein lies the problem and maybe we have to be grateful were slammed with this half breed in 2009. Now, the Commies have awakened the American spirit in all of us!
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 10:32amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-pwab17dGE&feature=related
You better call your brother up to save your neck
You better get a real job and fix this wreck
You better claim your income like the real men do
You better send your 1099 to anyone you gave 5 bucks to
All in all we’re one debt away (one debt away)
All in all there’s one more bill to pay
Be glad to be home
Be glad to be home
You better call the doctor up if you’re feeling sick
Go get a gun and rob someone to pay for it
You better leave that bar alone and come home tonight
You better thank God, work today, and hope that your boy grows up alright
All in all we’re one debt away (one debt away)
All in all there’s one more bill to pay
Be glad to be home
Be glad to be home
Be glad to be home
Be glad to be home
You better make your lady have just one more kid
And then collect that government check for what you did
You better love your country and be willing to die
You better arrest your president to live on your pay and still get by
Yea, we’ll always be one debt away (one debt away)
Report Post »And there will always be one more bill to pay
Midwest Blonde
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:10pmHUH? I read and reread and watched and still don’t have a clue what this guy is trying to say. Real artuculate is’t he?
Report Post »mountainmover101
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 4:02pmIt is common in liberal circles. It is doublespeak. Just think when the cureent President answers a question and it takes 9 minutes. It is words for the sake of words. It is the verbal equivalent of busy work. Beyond that there is not another group of people on Earth that likes the sound of their voice more than liberals.
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