Technically, I don't think they were attempting to be rude.
I can see where you are both coming from. However, things may pan out, and the middle class may survive this.
We'll just have to see. I just know that, yes, in many European countries, the Middle Class can still live comfortable lives.
No they don't have as much money. But a lot of the way Europe seems to be, is that people go into jobs not for how lucrative they are, but because they either want to help people, or because they enjoy doing it. 8|;

Where as, in America, it seems to be the opposite. As an American. IDEK how to feel about that.

Sorry, I wall of texted, if you don't want to read, here's the gist:

TL;DR: I mostly agree, though I want to point out that most of the lower/poor class aren't the 'welfare queen'/lazy bums living off food stamps kind of people. Most of us work just as hard, and have nothing or very little to show for it. And have to put off medical attention because we literally cannot afford it after bills and groceries. The way taxes work is fucked up, and should go back to how it was long, long ago, where the people with the most money (those with millions or billions of dollars) should be taxed the most, while not stopping them from living a perfectly comfortable life. Not focusing on the middle class and practically trying to obliterate it.

Well, I'd prefer it the way things used to be back in like... the 1950's or something? Where, the people who got taxed the hardest and the most where the people with the most money. IE. Celebrities, huge corporation share holders, etc. Not so badly that they were literally out of money. But, it made sense. They could afford to be taxed a lot, and still have more than enough money to live a comfortable life. Hell, if I suddenly became rich, I'd be more than willing for a portion of the money to go to helping those with less money.

The thing is, a lot of people who are in the upper class, bitch and complain about how they shouldn't have to pay for those who aren't working. Even though, we pay out of our taxes for things like prisons. And most prisons have better conditions than the schools we send our children to. They have better food, better learning facilities, etc. Seems a little fucked up...

Also, yes, even as someone who's been lower class 98% of my life (there were a couple of moments where he had a decent sum of money, but thanks to my step-dad's shitty spending habits LOLZ...) I can totally understand the whole "people who live off food stamps without doing anything else." I dislike that greatly. However, a majority of the lower class isn't like that, and painting us all with that brush isn't fair. We aren't saying that the middle class should be screwed up the bum with taxes just to appease the fact that we are struggling to even live. I don't know how they think just latching onto the middle class alone will help. As the Middle Class can have a lot of money. But nowhere near as much as the (is it like 1%?) of people who are nearly rolling in it, and barely get taxed at all. Of course, I guess that's going into a whole trickle-down theory. But honestly. B|

Also, as far as I know, or at least as far as my mother told me, from when she was on food stamps, the way it works is this. You get the support from food stamps. But in the mean time, you, or someone in your household needs to find a job to support you properly. You have to submit evidence that you are attempting to get a job. Obviously, should the job not cover all the costs you will be needing to paying, some people will still get the support of food stamps/EBT. So, for someone to be able to ride welfare and food stamp stuff... they literally either need to be having kids constantly (which is horrid and I don't agree with. That's fucked up living conditions) or they have to somehow scrape by with not getting a job, and proving they aren't getting a job. 8| Which, by that same coin, means they are spending all that time and energy trying not to have to work... that they could spend working. Or at least getting a part time job. And hollly cowwww I have issues with it. The level of screwed up that is, is astronomical.

But it's still not even half of the people who are considered lower class or poor. :/ And anyone struggling between middle class and lower class is having a hell of a time. lol I believe my family is that way. But then we live in a state where the cost of living keeps going up, but we are making no more, or even less than before. And it's a struggle just to feed ourselves after paying bills. :/

I get the 'being lazy' thing. But I don't conscribe to it. SUREEE I'd love to be able to just sit around all day doing nothing. Or just things that please me. I'm certain many people feel that way. But I know, in order to survive and have any money, I have to work. Even if it's a part time job. I don't feel, anyone who is purposefully lazy or refuses to work (vs. not being allowed to work because some companies are sexist, racist, etc) is allowed to bitch about how little money they have or get. :|