2012 election Quote by Frank Coyle

“The reality is that the rich are not taxed. It’s the middle class, especially the educated upper-income middle class, who pays for the poor.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

“Whether he knows it or not, the middle-income American is taxed as though he were living in a socialist society.”

— Gore Vidal

The middle class should not continue to foot the bill for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.

— Keith Ellison

“the weakness of the middle class is holding back tax receipts, especially because those at the top are so adroit in avoiding taxes and…

— David Cay Johnston

Nonstop taxes killed the middle class.

— Kathy Szeliga

“the hard-working, honest rich are the primary providers of jobs that allow us to have a middle class in this country.”

— Ben Carson

Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not raise taxes…

— Mitt Romney

“The most immediate is that our middle class is too weak to support the consumer spending that has historically driven our economic growth.”

— David Cay Johnston

My position has been consistent that middle class families should not pay more taxes. That hasn't changed.

— Brad Schneider

“The vast majority of Americans, at all coordinates of the economic spectrum, consider themselves middle class; this is a deeply ingrained, distinctly American cognitive…

— Ellen Cushing

“there’s no such thing as middle-class. The middle class does not exist. If you believe you are part of the middle class, it just…

— Chuck Klosterman

We no longer have a significant middle class in the US due to Barack Obama's job-killing ban on oil drilling in Zion Park. While…

— Gary Cohn