– OPINION –

Let’s assume you are an average middle class citizen of the United States of America.

Let’s assume you know what it means to have been “born into poverty or the middle class” and live a life nagged by insecurity. You know you could lose your job or it “could be off-shored at any moment.”  You know that “employers may raid … pensions in bankruptcy.”  Your “major asset in life, (your) home, may have lost a third of its value when the Wall Street-inflated housing bubble burst.  Being rich would be great, but those born without trust funds work hardest just to attain a little security.” (EDITOR’S NOTE: The above sentence is borrowed with some modification from this article, “Insecurity Is What Separates the Middle Class From Romney and Ryan.”

Let’s assume that the checks you write to one, two, or more political parties (or candidates) is not to buy political favors.

Let’s assume you know that you have to live within your household budget. And if you forecast an earnings decrease or an expense increase, let’s assume you will deal with the situation and not put it off or hand it to your children and grandchildren.

Let’s assume you’ve heard about, and maybe even read, Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity.” Does the “blueprint for American renewal” make sense to you, your family and your neighbors? Or does is seem one-sided?

Have you wondered if there are other plans out there. Have you read the Congressional Budget Office’s “An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022?”

Have you read “Prosperity Economics.”

Maybe it makes sense to share the pain?