[sgt]

But his point is valid to millions of middle class people who still struggle to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps". I think that demographic is so large (most of the people you know, if not all, are in that group, and HUGE potential is lost), that it is worth focusing on.

[jacksnipe]

This rhetoric is almost universally applied to the lower class as well, at least in the US.

[sgt]

I think the lower class in the US actually have it relatively darn good. They just lack perspective to see it any other way.

[jacksnipe]

It seems ok until someone in your family is diagnosed with a chronic health condition...