Neoliberalism Doesn’t Care About a Middle Class Until it Needs One to Defend its Interests Abroad

The value of your money is dependent on the power of your military. No middle class? No military power. Russia knows this. China is not far behind.

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Just the other day, I read a very interesting article by Thom Hartmann. You might know him from the liberal publication, Capital and Main. His article, What Happens When Corporations are Taxed at 50% — Like Before the Reagan Revolution?, provides some great history about the way the American economy used to work. The gi…