In economic panics throughout history, the wiping out of the savings accounts of lower earners and the middle class has often led to social revolution, sometimes violent upheavals.

When runaway inflation and bank failures struck in Germany in the 1920s, the middle class was destroyed, which led directly to the rise of the Nazis.

Elm Street was the dividing line between the two worlds. On either side of this line there were families who had trouble making both ends meet, but those who lived below the intersection didn't bother to conceal it.

I want to lower taxes for the middle class.

They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.

The French Revolution and the rise of the middle class signaled the end of the harpsichord's popularity. The middle class began attending performances in large concert halls, and a keyboard instrument with a bigger sound that could fill a hall was needed.