Jobs and families, a very big difference between Republican and Democratic leadership

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When a Republican endorses destroying American families and communities by sending jobs to the slums of Asia and Mexico, they'll tell you it's just simple economics. The CEO has the right to make more money by firing you and hiring slave labor in Asia if he wants to. It's just cold hard cash in their pockets.

When Democratic leadership endorses destroying American families and communities by sending jobs to the slums of Asia and Mexico, they'll tell you they are hurting your community in the most socially responsible way, by helping the more needy families of Asia and Mexico.

Do you want to sacrifice your children to satisfy the endless greed of a Wall Street CEO? Or do you want to sacrifice your children to the benefit of more worthy families in Asia and beyond?

Clearly one is better than the other. Please keep this important distinction in mind when complaining about losing your job to India or China. Stop being so selfish. Obviously if you cared about your job AND the world, you'd be willing to work for $7/day.

We just got more evidence that the middle class in America is dying. According to brand new numbers that were just released by the Social Security Administration, 51 percent of all workers in the United States make less than $30,000 a year. Let that number sink in for a moment. You can’t support a middle class family in America today on just $2,500 a month – especially after taxes are taken out. And yet more than half of all workers in this country make less than that each month. In order to have a thriving middle class, you have got to have an economy that produces lots of middle class jobs, and that simply is not happening in America today.

You can find the report that the Social Security Administration just released right here. The following are some of the numbers that really stood out for me…

-38 percent of all American workers made less than $20,000 last year.

-51 percent of all American workers made less than $30,000 last year.

-62 percent of all American workers made less than $40,000 last year.

-71 percent of all American workers made less than $50,000 last year.

That first number is truly staggering. The federal poverty level for a family of five is $28,410, and yet almost 40 percent of all American workers do not even bring in $20,000 a year.

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/goodbye-middle-class-51-percent-of-all-american-workers-make-less-than-30000-dollars-a-year