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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?
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To: jbe who wrote (8564)10/19/1998 6:54:00 PM
From: j g cordes  Read Replies (2) of 13994
 
Nicely said jbe.. "We sometimes forget that "democracy" is not just a political system, but a social system as well. In other words, democracies are marked not just by the fact that they have freely elected representatives, from different parties, at all levels of government. They also have a civil society -- a network of associations, organizations, religious institutions, non-profit groups supporting one cause or another, etc., etc. -- that do much of society's work, and stand between the state and the citizen."

Do you feel the middle class (for lack of a better shorthand) which does much of the work, has suffered these last 20 years, and if so is it a cause for concern to the endurability of American democracy? There's been little middle class gain from Reagan forward.
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