The term “middle class” is a very popular one to espouse, especially during election season.
In Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, politicians love to use “middle class” to put forward legislation or to defend their economic record. It’s become quite cliche to use it, and their definitions of middle class always vary day to day.
Well, on Tuesday night during the 2016 Democratic presidential debate (SEE: Anderson Cooper asks Hillary Clinton: ‘Will you say anything to get elected?’), “middle class” was uttered 11 times. This is a lot higher than the three times the Republicans said “middle class” in the last debate.
“College” was another word said a lot by Democrats. Perhaps in a ploy to get the youth vote, Democrats said “college” 25 times. Republicans said it just once. “Wealth” or “wealthy” was uttered 13 times, compared to the one time by the GOP.
Democrats stated “income inequality” six times, while the Republicans didn’t say it even once.
Ostensibly, the Federal Reserve has been completely ignored this election cycle. It seems the only person even referring to the U.S. central bank is Donald Trump.
Essentially, there really is no difference between the Democrats and the Republicans, though the media and the candidates like to believe so. They both support the Fed, they both support an interventionist foreign policy, even Bernie Sanders (SEE: Bernie Sanders open to taking U.S. to war even when not directly attacked), and they both support big government.
Many say that Sanders is a “breath of fresh air” in these debates, but his air is toxic and is probably the most dangerous candidate around.
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