Struggling Middle Class Quotes

The President also talked at length about how well the American economy is doing. Apparently, he got his information on this topic from his millionaire supporters. For the average working family, these are trying economic times.

Millions of middle-class Americans, in free fall during the economic collapse that began around 2008, have had a taste of what it means to be poor.

Unfortunately, in a recession, the people who suffer the most aren't the rich, but the wanna-be rich and the poor.

I think it's time we had a President who will provide the only real economic security: good jobs. A President who will provide middle class payroll tax relief to get money in the pockets of workers who will spend it, not more tax giveaways for those at the top to stimulate the economy in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. A President who will index the minimum wage to inflation and raise it from a 30 year low, not increase the tax burden on the middle class and those struggling to join it.

For many, the American dream has become a nightmare.

The Obama economy is great for rich people. It's terrible for everybody else.

Put yourself in the position of a person, sort of an ordinary American, "I'm a hard-working, god-fearing Christian. I take care of my family, I go to church, I, you know, do everything 'right'. And I'm getting shafted. For the last thirty years, my income has stagnated, my working hours are going up, my benefits are going down. My wife has to work two [jobs] to, you know, put food on the table. The children, God, there's no care for the children, the schools are rotten, and so on. What did I do wrong? I did everything you're supposed to do, but something's going wrong to me.

It's no longer an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species.

While the income of a minority is increasing exponentially, that of the majority is crumbling.

Debt has become a part of who we are… Normal is broke in America.

Life is tougher for Americans - especially for those who voted by the highest percentages for President Obama's promise of hope and change.

An economy in which most citizens are doing worse year after year - an economy like America's - is not likely to do well over the long haul.

Things are getting worse. You know, when you look at this campaign, and you realize the enormously serious issues this country faces, right, we got a collapsing middle class. We have more wealth and income inequality today than we've had since the 1920s. We have all of these enormous issues.