Is there a trickle up policy?

[Hlleonard]

I don't believe there is an answer that will keep our country the place we grew up and believe to be the best place to live... There is only one thing in the entire Mitt Romney campaign that I agreed with, don't remember the exact quote but something to the effect of not worrying about the poor because there will always be poor or something like that... I don't believe we can do much about that part of our society as far as changing their lives a great deal, there will always be poor due to choices they make or by happenstance... I believe the reason we have a great country is the middle class, I do believe shrinking paychecks in the middle class will eventually break the back of our country, I believe the middle class is losing resources to the upper class and the end result will be a country of just the rich and the poor like so many other countries on the planet and I doubt there is anything we can do about it... You guys are always harping about "spread the wealth", it seems to me anything you pay in taxes or anything else would fit in that category, paying someone to do something for you seems to be doing that.. If we can't find a way to "spread the wealth" in a way that results in a stronger middle class and a stronger economy then its unlikely we will last very far into the future as the country we are today.

Everybody hates unions, union members feed their families, don't as a rule need welfare, pay taxes, shrinking unions result in lower wages and more dependence on government handouts, not exactly sure why that is a better situation as some of you guys think.

[DJD]

I don't believe there is an answer that will keep our country the place we grew up and believe to be the best place to live... There is only one thing in the entire Mitt Romney campaign that I agreed with, don't remember the exact quote but something to the effect of not worrying about the poor because there will always be poor or something like that... I don't believe we can do much about that part of our society as far as changing their lives a great deal, there will always be poor due to choices they make or by happenstance... I believe the reason we have a great country is the middle class, I do believe shrinking paychecks in the middle class will eventually break the back of our country, I believe the middle class is losing resources to the upper class and the end result will be a country of just the rich and the poor like so many other countries on the planet and I doubt there is anything we can do about it... You guys are always harping about "spread the wealth", it seems to me anything you pay in taxes or anything else would fit in that category, paying someone to do something for you seems to be doing that.. If we can't find a way to "spread the wealth" in a way that results in a stronger middle class and a stronger economy then its unlikely we will last very far into the future as the country we are today.

Everybody hates unions, union members feed their families, don't as a rule need welfare, pay taxes, shrinking unions result in lower wages and more dependence on government handouts, not exactly sure why that is a better situation as some of you guys think.

I don't think there is one single answer or fix what we area facing either. I don't think Obama and the liberal party know what to do even though they said they could turn it around so quickly.

Also, I thought Obama said no taxes on the middle class? Of course that's not true. Spread the wealth is a phrase used by all politicians not just people on here. Just grouping it as taxes as usual seems like a copout to me.

Didn't many unions get an exemption from obamacare? My UPS driver friend said that the Teamsters are not required to be a part of it...maybe he is right.

I do hate the unions because of what I experience with working around their ideas. Every time I see a bid and have to toss in $52 an hour to pay our guys it sickens me. Nothing gets done any better at $52 an hour compared to their usual of $20-25 an hour. Just a waste of tax payers dollars.