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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love the "reasoning" here.  Most people who earn $200K+, even over $500K+, work hard and value education and are nice people who care about their communities who don't seem like they live on a different planet.  Yet only the "idle rich" minority count as rich apparently, so everyone else has middle class "values."

Over 80% of millionaires have college degrees.  I don't think "valuing education" is an exclusively or especially middle class trait.[/quote]

That's the point. It's supposed to be inclusive, while seeming exclusive.

"Middle class values" is political rhetoric used on both sides of the aisle as shorthand for "I am like you; I value the same things; and if you vote for me, I will protect your interests [against those who do not have middle class values]". What is not said is the vast majority of this country does indeed possess middle class values. The voter is supposed to substitute actual policy positions that appeal to him (or her) for "middle class values". So for some, they assume it means cutting tax breaks for the "rich", and for others, it means cutting entitlement spending for the "lazy".[/quote]

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