Battle of th Blue Collar

After years of disdain for all things political I’ve come to a conclusion. It’s not all politics I object to, but American politics. To quote Ray Bradbury: “I hate that Roman named Status Quo.” I see little difference between the Right and Left. Each are two sides of the coin.

Further, I find American politics utterly boring.

I’m not engaged in it all. Some say the presidential elections are the battle for the blue collar. What exactly is blue collar? People willing to get their finger nails dirty? People working in factories who have placed themselves are a pedestal? Taking the bus to work because we can’t afford cars, but unwilling to put ourselves in debt just to get one? I can’t relate to the self-glorified middle and upper middle class.

I come from and remain lower middle class, which means neither of the political parties represent me.

What’s the difference between the middle/upper middle class and the working class? Why are we sandwiched between these classes and the poor? It’s not so much a matter of having values but of having virtues. Unlike the poor, we work. Unlike the middle class we know the dangers of living beyond our means. That means not maxing out our credit cards, saving up to buy things. Credit cards are set aside for emergencies lonely--emergency meaning something like a broken furnace. At least that’s how it was in my family. It meant saving up for something, the old fashioned layaway.

I couldn’t afford cable for many years so I went without it. Now I can afford it and have it for two months now.


The middle and upper middle class are represented by the Republicans. The poor have the Democrats. Who represents the working class who simply have more important things to do than camp out in the cold with the Occupy movements and the Tea Party? I’ve yet to find a single candidate that represents the working class.

Not a single one.

So riddle me this--who represents the working/lower middle class? It’s certainly not the Tea Party. I don’t care what people think--Many (not all) of them view anyone who is not middle class as leeches. The same goes for the Occupy crowd who see us as an oppressed people clinging to a Communist-like to be taken care of and controlled.
Nope.

In the battle of the blue collar we are simply left out of the equation.