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“The modern Democratic Party is not the party of the poor, but of the professional class — a class that sees itself as a progressive force, but often promotes policies that benefit itself rather than the truly needy.”
— Thomas Frank (from Listen, Liberal)
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“The middle class is like a buffer between the capitalist ruling class and the proletariat, often serving the interests of the former while believing they are defending the latter.”
— Karl Marx
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“The middle class is like a buffer between the capitalist ruling class and the proletariat, often serving the interests of the former while believing they are defending the latter.”
— Karl Marx
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“The rich get richer and the poor get poorer; a rat race where the rats are winning.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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“The greatest illusion the middle class holds is that they can ‘fix’ poverty from the outside, without ever understanding the lived experience of those within it.”
— Anonymous
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“It’s not about dividing the country. It’s about bringing together the middle class, the working families of this country, the low-income people who have been ignored for far too long.”
— Bernie Sanders
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“The rich get richer and the poor get poorer; a rat race where the rats are winning.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Marginal Rates: For tax year 2026, the top tax rate remains 37% for individual single taxpayers with incomes greater than $640,600 ($768,700 for married couples filing jointly).
The other rates are:
35% for incomes over $256,225 ($512,450 for married couples filing jointly);
32% for incomes over $201,775 ($403,550 for married couples filing jointly);
24% for incomes over $105,700 ($211,400 for married couples filing jointly);
22% for incomes over $50,400 ($100,800 for married couples filing jointly);
12% for incomes over $12,400 ($24,800 for married couples filing jointly).
The lowest rate is 10% for incomes of single individuals with incomes of $12,400 or less ($24,800 for married couples filing jointly).
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“President Trump ratcheted up tariff and trade tensions with China on Friday. In a post on Truth Social, the president said the US would impose an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods starting on Nov. 1, 2025.”
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“It’s so bizarre watching him play to his base that thinks that he cares about them and it’s actually the people that he cares about the fucking least. If you’re talking about his core being a majority white middle-class people, what I don’t understand is how in the fuck do you feel like you relate to a billionaire who has never known struggle his entire fucking life?”
— Eminem’s Comments on Trump, 2017
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Meet The Fast Food Workers Who Became Billionaires
“Inthe summer of 1980, a lanky, 16-year-old Jeff Bezos walked into a McDonald’s restaurant in Miami, filled out an application and landed his first ever job. ‘My dad had worked at McDonald’s when he was young, too, so in some ways it felt like a rite of passage,’ says Bezos. Part of the kitchen crew, he cracked 300 eggs a day, flipped burgers and scrubbed bathrooms. When a five-gallon ketchup dispenser spilled all over the kitchen floor, it was his job to clean it up. ‘I was the low man on the totem pole,’ he recalls. A far cry from throwing a $20 million wedding in Venice or flying into space, the experience still taught him valuable lessons. ‘No job is beneath you,’ says Bezos, 61, adding that people should ‘build the habit early and not wait for an “important” job before working hard.’”
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