Biden: ‘Middle-Class Is a Value Set; It’s Being Able to Own Your Own Home and Not Rented’

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BIDEN: “You got this to share in the benefits. You should do well. That party has been broken. I know they call me middle-class Joe. It’s not meant as a compliment. It’s not that I’m not sophisticated. But I know why and who we are. When the middle class does well, the wealthy do very well in the poor house some hope. Folks in Cleveland and in Wilmington, my hometown in Scranton understand. That is, middle-class is not a number. Economists who work will tell you middle-class means $52000 or $53000. Middle-class is a value set. It’s being able to own your own home and not rented. Being able to send your kid to a safe park knowing they will come home safely. It means they can go to a local high school and if they do well they go on beyond high school. Six out of ten jobs in 2020 will require something beyond high school. It’s been able to take your geriatric mom home when your dad’s eyes and hope you never have to have your children take care of you.”