The Preamble

The Angry Middle: The Fight for the Heart of America

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be fixed by what is right with America. William Jefferson Clinton

America is fascinated by and defined by outsiders by its extremes. Whether it be lifestyles of the rich and famous or the cartoonish visions of street crime as depicted in popular music, America’s edges are an anthem of hyperbole. What exists inside these edges is an “Angry Middle”. This middle defines most Americans, the American that goes to work, parents, pays taxes and grows old. There is a feeling that “others” are squeezing the American dream, making his or her days longer, more dangerous, and perhaps most importantly making the future less predictable and potentially darker.

The middle that Americans like to compare themselves to is the generation that returned from the battlefields of World War II. Fresh off beating the Depression and Axis, this “Greatest Generation” came back to educational and economic opportunity. Bound by the faith that they had beaten back the darkness and that hard work and dedication would bring them wealth and an eventual retirement. An opportunity previously reserved only for the wealthy of American generations past.

This page attempts to define a road map of the real policy factors that concern this “Angry Middle”. Those Americans of all races, religions, and creeds who are attempting to define the American Dream for themselves and their families. This America lives outside of the ivory tower of American leftists, the boardrooms of Wall Street, and the foyers of fundamentalist churches. This America lives in the suburbs, cities and farms of the United States and is not restricted by any faith or particular political belief. In fact this middle consists of Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Independents, and more bound only by the belief that what was once it’s birthright has begun to vanish.