News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The U.S. economy is killing off the middle class. Parent comment

Re:The U.S. economy is killing off the middle class by ExpiredLink on Saturday January 31, 2015 @05:39AM (#8976402)
This is absolutely not the case. Europe and esp. Germany are 'middle-class' societies, governed by (slightly left or slightly right) middle-class parties. In contrast, the US is a plutocracy in which a broader middle class obviously makes no sense. Europe is not heading towards the US model. Parties that don't support middle-class interests have no chance in elections (esp. since the rich cannot drive elections in the same way as in the US).
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The U.S. economy is killing off the middle class by sdoering on Monday February 02, 2015 @12:58AM (#8982908)
I would love to have the numbers, supporting your hypothesis, as the would greatly help not only inform my pow, but that of my readers as well, as this would make a nice essay. A lot of times these last some years I read about the German middle class shrinking, mostly with people stepping down into lower income groups.

So I would gladly have numbers, supporting a different point of view, just to counter these reports.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The U.S. economy is killing off the middle class by sebastianconcpt on Saturday January 31, 2015 @06:22AM (#8976461)
I hope this to be true. Also I wonder how the European system has better defence agaisnt the plutocracy trend.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The U.S. economy is killing off the middle class by brazzy on Saturday January 31, 2015 @12:38PM (#8977319)
No two Party system, for one thing.
[ Parent | on HN ]