Hey! Kick It Into Gear, Middle Class!

We, the hard-working saving American citizens are under attack.

Oh, the blood isn't literally flowing in the streets, but it's certainly flowing out of our veins in an even more horrific way... While we idly watch, we are being economically bled dry and our life blood - our life's savings are becoming worthless. And, we can't do a damn thing about it.

Or can we?

If the hard-working saving middle class pulls it's money out of the saving accounts and puts their cash under the mattress, will that solve anything? Well, it will ensure our money stays in our own hands. We aren't earning interest on this money while the corrupt bankers syphen off their huge bonuses. And, God forbid, the banks can always shut their doors and make our money unavailable to us.

But, should we?

Perhaps that is the more relevant question. I don't condone having a class war, mostly because I'm afraid the lower class and upper class will whip our ass - Frankly, the middle class has gotten soft in the belly. We'd be toast in a class war. Isn't that sad. It is to me. After dedicatedly working for nearly 30 years and living below my means to ensure I saved a nest egg for my retirement years, I can't believe I'm still going to eat dog food in my old age.

So what can we do?

We can vote! We can badger our elected officials and representatives until they heard our voices. We can band together and start looking out for ourselves -- instead of waiting for someone else take care of us. We must DEMAND to make people responsible for their actions. We must DEMAND accountability from those in whom we put our trust. We must DEMAND that our politicians have integrity and act with prudence when spending taxpayer dollars. We must DEMAND a return on our investment as we bail out poorly operated companies (who actually should go out of business.) We must DEMAND that common sense approaches be tried before the more risky scenarios are selected. We must DEMAND that the middle class is respected. Else we are just a nurse cow awaiting to be sucked dry.

When did we get to be so lazy? It's time to stand up and get noticed for being the backbone of this country. It's time to join forces and not let our nest eggs be targeted as the bailout funding source for greedy SOBs in the upper and lower class structures. What? This isn't PC? "F" if I care. Facing extinction isn't very appealing to me.

What about you? Do you want to become extinct? If not, get off your butt and do something about it!