March 29, 2024

Loebsack is fighting for middle class

Rosemary Hartschen

Newton

I’ll be voting for Dave Loebsack this November because he is fighting for what our country needs to move our economy forward: a strong middle class.

Many of us here in Newton benefit from being in the middle class. We have stable, good paying jobs, can afford to feed our families and pay the bills, and have a little bit left over to save for our retirement. While we may not be in the 99 percent, we are comfortable and proud of the lives that we have made for ourselves.

The middle class has shrunk in recent decades. There are fewer middle class jobs available and it is more and more difficult for people making minimum wage to work hard and join the middle class, despite their best efforts. A strong middle class drives economic growth, and this decline is surely contributing to our slow economic recovery.

Dave Loebsack is working to address this problem. He supports tax breaks for the middle class, as well as low income earners. Dave is also protecting the critical social programs that help those in poverty join the middle class. It’s personal to him as well, because he came from modest beginnings and worked hard to join the middle class. That’s how I know he’ll keep fighting for us. Please join me in voting him back into office.