Time for another break from all this darn research…….
2016 will be an interesting election…..we have al sorts of candidates, none of whom I see as good for the country……we have those that spread fear and loathing and those that have a variation of hope and some that feel they deserve to win….all in all a group of politicians…..not a group of statesmen…….NOTHING good will come out of this election…..as far as I can see.
We have the angry white people….the angry black people…..the angry Latinos….all in all a whole bunch of angry people….of all those people who could whole the key to winning the election?
There are many that think the disappearing middle class could possibly hoild the key to this election……
Source: Working-Class Voters Hold Key to 2016
I have heard people ask why would this class hold the key?
An easy answer that these people see their way of life disappearing and looks like forever…….
In 1971, the middle class made up 61% of the US population. That figure has now plummeted to just below half, and analysts are worried about the breakdown of what the Los Angeles Times calls “a pillar of the US economy.” A Pew Research Center report released Wednesday culled data from the Census Bureau, Labor Department, and Federal Reserve to determine that 120.8 American adults are in middle-class households, while 121.3 million are in the lower- or upper-class tiers. Pew defined middle class as any household making two-thirds to twice the overall median income; for a family of three, that range is $42,000 to $126,000. What’s led to what Pew calls a “thinning in the middle and bulking up at the edges”: more low-skilled immigrants to bolster the lower class, and more women in the workforce and increased college enrollment on the upper end.
All of the tiers suffered during and after the Great Recession, but the middle class saw the financial gains it had reaped over the last quarter-century virtually wiped out: The median wealth of a middle-class household in 1983 was $95,879, a number that rose to $161,050 by 2007. But after the recession, median wealth for this group was back down to $98,000 in 2010 and remained at that number until at least 2013, the Pew report notes. A recent Gallup poll also shows that people’s perceptions are in line with what the Pew report shows: In 2008, 63% of Americans identified as being part of the middle class, while the poll given this spring shows that number has dropped to 51%.
Then there are those angry at everything and these people are drawn, like a moth to a flame, to Trump……
My problem with him is his falsehoods and NO one seems to mind that he lies almost constantly….they are afraid and he hits all the right buttons of a fearful group…..
Source: Trump’s Untruths Woo Working-Class White Voters | Al Jazeera America
If the middle class is truly the key….it will be interesting to see which way they break in 2016…..will lies and one liners be all it takes to be elected…..
Your article about Trump’s unthruths — with which I take exception because every candidate that ever ran for President has always and unwaveringly been called a liar by somebody or other — is based on an article from a source that regardless of facts is seen by hordes of thinking American voters in the following light and is probably not the best of sources to be quoting in hopes most Americans would agree with it:
“Al Jazeera has been called a propaganda outlet for the Qatari government and its foreign policy, by analysts and by news reporters, including former Al Jazeera reporters.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18] The network is sometimes perceived to have mainly Islamist perspectives, promoting the Muslim Brotherhood, and having a pro-Sunni and an anti-Shia bias in its reporting of regional issues.” (Wikipedia).
wiki is not a real reliable source since it can be randomly edited…..try reading more than the articles you do not like….they have hired some great people especially op-ed…besides I do not depend on a single source for my opinions….as far as Trump goes Americans are pissed I get that but he is not the answer….chuq
He may not be the answer but he just might turn out to be what we get — Obummer wasn’t the answer either but he somehow got elected twice and now people are just waking up and having second thoughts. Bush wasn’t the answer either but look what he did– He got elected twice too — People are hard to predict — Yes, Americans are pissed right now and the Trump current is getting swifter all the time. Reminds me of Germany in the 1930s and 40s ….The sudden appearance of a strong man seen as the salvation of a nation in despair. But who knows? His strength is what we might need right now and besides … with the Putin endorsement there can be little doubt of his acceptance on the International stage.
Putin thinks he can own him……profits buy a lot….chuq
John, all print is biased in one way or the other…Infowars, Drudge, NY Times….matters not…..the key is to read them all and make up your own mind with all the facts….this is something most are unwilling to do….chuq
People are creatures of comfort and if they decide a source is truthful they will grab onto it and swear by every word that comes forth from it. There is so much propaganda noise out there it is difficult to escape the effects of the constant barrage of propaganda and a lot of it is absorbed subliminally and the target isn’t even aware he or she has absorbed and filed it in their subconscious so “Choice” is not always a factor — and with all the mistrust of Islam going on right now in the world I do not think a website more or less owned and controlled by an Arabic Government is going to be easily or readily accepted by the average American basal citizen. That was my point. I am not being critical of you for choosing the source; I am just saying it is going to be hard to get most people to accept it as credible.
But flock to people that sell fear and hate and I mean sell….that is exactly what Alex Jones does…it is very profitable….NO one wants the truth…they prefer to rely on a warped sense of history or honor….they know of neither….chuq
The will learn when they see the first assailant coming at them with religious fervor on his or her mouth and the knife raised in the air. There is a point where what some people call “Hate” changes nature and becomes “Defense.”
I can wait…only thing I fear is my country being stolen by people that care not about its principles and compassion….that day is just an election away.
It happened in 2000!
I believe it has been happening much longer than 15 years….we just did not notice so much….chuq