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obama should stop referring to his base as the middle class. his rhetoric would be much more effective if he called them wage earners. middle class reminds people there's an upper class ruling them. middle class implies mediocre average mundane uninteresting. it's kinda insulting. wager earners implies you earn your wages. like, duh! it reminds people that the rich guys didn't earn what they have. they inherited it. or they stole it. or they lobbied for it. which is effectively the same thing. the tax rate on wage earners starts at 13.4%. then you tack on income tax, which jacks a wage earners tax rate up to 20% give or take. that's on every single dollar of everything the wage earner earns. compare that to the 10% give or take paid by the guys whose income isn't earned through wages. and that 10% tax is only on that portion of their wealth gains that count as taxable income. most of their wealth gains don't count as income. truth. it's no wonder they call you the middle class.