The truth is – the Middle Class in America has the largest demand for goods, by far, since we are between 50% and 60% of the population in the middle of America’s economy. We buy more durable goods and big-ticket items, like automobiles and refrigerators, eat more food, travel more miles, and generally buy more stuff than the economic classes above and below us.

If the rich created jobs, then when they’ve been given large tax breaks in the past, one would expect that America should have increased jobs. But, as shown in the two graphs below during the major tax cut years of the G.W. Bush and Trump presidential years, just the opposite actually happened. And of course, tax cuts contribute to America’s national debt in a very significant way. So, these major tax reductions are gifts for the rich and little else, and they do not help the middle class in any significant way.

The simple truth is this – Middle Class working people, like you and me, are the real job creators in America because we buy most everything in America. We are the engine that fuels the country.

Don’t believe politicians that tell you the rich and corporate elite are the “job creators” in the U.S., or that tax cuts create jobs. Such politicians, are most certainly being paid by the corporate elite (America’s version of oligarchs) to say that.

Now that you know the Middle Class creates jobs in America and not the rich, why in the world would some politicians want to hurt the Middle Class by holding down wages, reducing retirement benefits, eliminate collective bargaining, and want to reduce Social Security, Medicare and other healthcare benefits?

Politicians should be helping the Middle Class thrive. We realize, of course, it’s nothing personal; it’s just business to those politicians that are paid by influential campaign contributors. And sadly, many voters are too misinformed to see what their elected politicians are actually doing.

As always, it’s not what they say, it’s what they do.

The Middle Class Political Accountability Research Center will try to change that.

Here’s a chart from Wikipedia showing non-farm employment changes during presidential periods. The large tax cuts of this period occurred during the G.W. Bush and Trump presidential years. Job creation suffered despite tax breaks for the rich.