Hey, when you get a moment, read this column by Joe Scarborough. He's the former Congressman, the Conservative Republican who gets three hours a day on MSNBC. (I will, by the way, admit that MSNBC is the Liberal equivalent of Fox News just as soon as Fox News starts giving three hours a day to Russ Feingold.)
But after you read Scarborough, read the reply to him by Steve Benen. I think both make good points but Scarborough's piece is about where he thinks we should go…and Benen's is about how to get there, which means taking different routes than those advocated by Joe Scarborough.
I think there's an important point in there. The current Republican Party (a wholly-owned subsidy of Tea Party, Inc.) preaches a lot about an America where anyone can grow up to be rich. But all their policies are designed to make the poor poorer, make the rich richer and wipe out the middle ground where the poor need to get before they even have a shot at "rich."