middle class

Palin often calls herself working class. But over the course of her political career, when faced with policy choices on issues important to blue-collar voters, Palin rarely breaks in their favor.

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Well, the new job loss figures are in. For the ninth straight month, U.S. jobs are down — this time by 159,000. “The decline in non-farm employment was the steepest in five years,” reports The New York Times.
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Daniel Gross at Slate checks in with a timely piece reminding us that people earn $250,000 or so a year are, in fact, rich. Gross feels the need to explain this because of the backlash over Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s tax plan, which calls for scaling back tax cuts for people earning more than [...]