The Republicans are dead wrong in their criticism. American society comprises two classes: The extremely wealthy, and the rest of the working families. These classes are not defined by the Democratic Party. They are defined by the words and actions of the wealthy elite.
Here is how they define and create their exclusive social class:
- They isolate themselves from the hoipolloi by living in gated estates or gated communities
- They avoid the use of public transportation. They use private limousines instead of buses or trains; private yachts, or first-class accommodations on cruise ships; private jets in place of commercial airlines
- They have assistants do their shopping for them, and if they do shop for personal items, they have the shop owner close the shop to other customers while they are there
- They guard their income and their sources of income from taxation by receiving funds out of the country and storing their funds in offshore accounts
- They either are our nation's lawmakers, or they influence the lawmakers by means of contributions and personal favors. For example, the Federal tax code is full of special provisions for the wealthy--treating capital gains at a lower rate than other income, allowing adjustments credits and deductions applicable only to people of wealth
The wealthy elite have defined their own class, and you and I are not part of it. Just about anyone can knock on your front door and speak to you, face to face. That's not true for the wealthy elite.
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