A Rude Awakening

For the majority of my adult life I have lived in areas where the economics have been in line with my education and have made sense. In order to grow the economy, the middle class has to spend money. This can only be accomplished by making sure that the folks in the middle class have money to spend. When we spend money, the goods and services that we purchase allow businesses to hire more employees and put money in the pockets of more people who will spend money on more goods and services to allow businesses to keep hiring. This grows the economy. Makes sense right? Imagine the culture shock when I re- located to a part of the country where the economics supports the very wealthy at the expense of the middle class and working poor. This shock was compounded by the fact that the majority of the people in this area are middle class and working poor. The confusing thing is that the very people who are being repressed by the economics of the area are the very ones who continue to elect government representatives who do not represent them, but rather support the rights of the very wealthy to make sure that they are looked after and can safely harbour their enormous assets in interest bearing off shore accounts without being subjected to those pesky taxes. The majority of middle class citizens are not shoveling disposable income into offshore accounts and are paying a heavy burden in taxes because their representatives are not representing them. What ever happened to representatives who actually do represent their constituents, and why do the constituents in this area continue to elect the non representatives? These are the questions that plague this Blue dog in a Red State.