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It’s the American Dream, Stupid
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The WSJ's Kimberley Strassel says a Republican winning the White House in 2016 depends on how well the party appeals to white working class voters and the struggling middle class living from paycheck to paycheck. She says Speaker Paul Ryan is taking the right step in coming up with the idea of the Kemp Forum on Expanding Opportunity event in January 2016. Presidential candidates attending the forum are Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, John Kasich. Not attending are Ted Cruz and Donald Trump who are getting support from voters who are discouraged by establishment policies. Strassel says upward mobility for the midddle and working class is emerging as the No. 1 issue in the election, especially with Hillary Clinton leading the Democrats.
Social and economic mobility for the middle class emerging as the central issue in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
09/13/2015
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in the Demcratic Party, and Jeb Bush in the Republican Party, are making social and economic mobility for the middle and working class a central issue in the 2016 presidential campaign. In Britain Corbyn's election to the leadership of the Labor Party with all other candidates doing poorly, is also creating a focus on economic issues and better access to education and jobs.
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The defeat in the Republican primary of Eric Cantor in Virgina by Brat, a professor of economics at Macon College. Brat faces another professor of Macon College in the election.
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Jeb Bush's focus on declining social and education mobility in the the U.S. in his address to the 2013 CPAC conference
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Jeb Bush talks about the lower social and education mobility in the U.S. in 2013 compared to any time since the end of World War II.
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U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
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Hillary Clinton on economic issues in 2016
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Hillary Clinton Confidently Embraces Bill Clinton’s Economic Record
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It’s the American Dream, Stupid
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Clinton Offers Economic Plan Focused on Jobs
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Meyerson, Cherlin and Dionne in the Washington Post on the severe problems facing America's white working class by 2015
11/12/2015
Meyerson, Cherlin and Dionne describes the severe problems facing the white working class in America by 2015, as incomes and educational opportunities decline, and social structures disintegrate. Upward and social mobility in the U.S. is severely affected by this situation.
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America’s white working class is a dying breed - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
The missing working class - The Washington Post
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German lessons on power-sharing - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
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The blue collar and white working class vote in the 2016 U.S. presidential election
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Both parties face a blue-collar imperative - The Washington Post
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Populism on the Rise in GOP Race for President
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It’s the American Dream, Stupid
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Millenials in the U.S., lack of upward mobility, and the new political awareness in 2015-2016
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The Republican party candidates for the 2016 presidential election and the struggling working class in America
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The GOP’s working-class problem - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
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It’s the American Dream, Stupid
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A Republican Cure for Liberal Failures on Poverty
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Here’s what a conservative policy agenda should look like in the Trump era - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/27/2016
A debate on upward economic mobility after wage stagnation under Republican and Democratic presidents 2002-2015
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Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush and Rick Perry present different proposals to address the lack of upward mobility in the U.S. since 2002, under Republican and Democratic administrations. This could be the reason for the popularity of fringe candidates in both parties Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, with increasing public discontent with mainstream politicians.
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The Opportunity Debate Heats Up
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Hillary Clinton's campaign themes for the 2016 U.S. presidential election
04/15/2015
Increasing inequality, stagnant wages and the economy, are key themes for Hillary Clinton as she begins her campaign in Iowa in April 2015.
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Jeb Bush, economic advisor Ben Hubbard, wages and the middle class
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This NYT editorial is on Jeb Bush's economic advisor Ben Hubbard saying "compensation didn't stagnate" about wages and benefits. It points out that wages for the middle class have stagnated since the financial crisis of 2008. It says Hubbard's comments show a lack of grasp of the situation of the middle class and working class Americans. Jeb Bush has commented on the lack of education and economic mobility for working class Americans since 2008. This was the focus of his address to the 2014 CPAC Conference.
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Jeb Bush Needs Some New Economic Advice
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Washington Post 09/13/2015
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New York Times 09/18/2015
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Wall Street Journal 01/10/2016
A Republican Cure for Liberal Failures on Poverty
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The youth class gap- Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam on the increasing disparities in educational and other opportunities of young people between upper middle class and working class
11/12/2015
Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam focusses on "the youth class gap," the widening gap between the educational and other opportunities available for upper middle class youth compared to youth from working class backgrounds.
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Michael Gerson: Our disconnected working class - The Washington Post
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America’s white working class is a dying breed - The Washington Post
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The missing working class - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
It’s the American Dream, Stupid
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2016
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WSJ 07/28/2016
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Rep. Paul Ryan and his deep roots in a working class part of Wisconsin
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Charlie Rose Talks to Paul Ryan
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Could Paul Ryan’s ideas help his struggling home town? - The Washington Post
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Reviving the use of the term "working class" in America as opposed to middle class- why this is important
11/12/2015
Cherlin, a professor at John Hopkins University, who has written about the decline of the working class family, once portrayed in television shows such as "All in the Family," says the term was seen as derogatory and avoided in recent times. Archie Bunker in that show was seen as bigoted and behind the times. He points out that Obama in his speeches has used middle class frequently but rarely used the term "working class." Yet he points out the Americans with a diploma at most but no bachelors degree, comprise 54 percent of the American people, and are quite different in lifestyle and educational opportunities than the middle class better educated Americans. They also face a different set of problems and obstacles to upward mobility and social mobility. It is right to revive the use of the term "working class" says Cherlin, so that one can wrap ones hands around the problem facing so many Americans. A combination of forces have trampled the future prospects of these Americans, many arising out of forces beyond the control of policy such as automation and global manufacturing, and some such as the problems created by the 2008 financial crisis which were the result of bad decisions by business have only worsened the situation.
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The missing working class - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
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Wall Street Journal 12/16/2015
It’s the American Dream, Stupid
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2016
Two Political Conventions, Two Distinct World Views
WSJ 07/28/2016
Voices From Donald Trump’s Rallies, Uncensored
The New York Times 08/03/2016
The New York Times 08/12/2016
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