Here are some percentages of how voters at various income levels voted for Obama in 2008.
Under $15,000--73%
Between $!5,000 and $30,000--60%
Between $30,000 and $50,000--55%
Over $50,000--49%
The Democrats in Congress and the Democratic President need to remember who brought them to the dance. It wasn’t oil company executives or hedge fund managers. Democratic leaders have a political, and, I would argue, a moral obligation to the people who provide them with their highest level of support.
Democrats in Washington don’t even speak to their followers on a symbolic level. When President Obama was trying to reach out personally to Speaker Boehner prior to raising the debt limit, why did he agree to a golf game? I am aware that golf is not only a rich man’s sport, and people with limited incomes can play at municipal courses, but golf still has an upper class odor about it. Damn few people who make less that $15,000 a year play golf.
We already have a political party that is completely geared to the top 2%. I want the Democrats to speak for us, and they have not been doing it.
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