The Middle Class Amendment
We are at a critical point in the economic development of our 
country. We can let our middle class society continue to decline. In doing so, we will erode both the foundation of our democracy and the engine of our economic growth. Or, we can make saving and rebuilding our middle class society an enduring, unequivocal legislative priority at all levels of government.
We’ve tried the conventional legislative approach long enough without getting where we need to be. It is time to try something new. For me, that “something” is the Middle Class Amendment.
1.7 Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
1.8An amendment to the Constitution is proposed to the people. If the
1.9amendment is adopted, a section shall be addedto read:
1.10Sec. 13. The middle class being the mainstay of a strong economy and vibrant
1.11democracy and critical to the long-term prosperity and stability of a republican form
1.12of government, the legislature shall provide by law for quality public education,
1.13comprehensive health care, an economic and social environment conducive to living
1.14wage jobs, a safe and reliable transportation system, and a clean and safe environment,
1.15including at a minimum adequate and sustainable funding.
Visit the website, read the organizing booklet and join the movement.
This victory alone is not the change we seek – it is only the change for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.
- President Barack Obama
I would like to hear from you. Please 
December 10th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Your thinking on bolstering the middle class is right on point.
It echoes back to the war on poverty initiated by Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s which made college education available to millions of low-income students through grants and national-direct student loans. The huge influx of a colleged-educated workers in the late 1970s thanks to President Johnson’s initiative was in large part responsible for the expansive growth in the economy during the late 1980s and 90s.
Solid public education, including widely available college education, is essential to an enlightened democracy and a viabrant economy.
Getting this message out is vital. Keep up your excellent work!!