Obama is for the middle class the same as Hugo Chavez. Neither has ever created wealth or knows how to. Taking others' money to spread around won't create a middle class; it is a zero sum game.

It is a shame that people like legislators and government workers who don't build, create, run or manage a wealth and job creating business like to think they know something about our economy. They have no idea where money comes from.

Richard Marren, Baltimore

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