The United States is one of the many countries that has categorized the citizens into different classes based off their annual income. The three most common classes in the United States are the top, middle and bottom class. Many people argue that the top class is the most important out of all because they think that there are the ones that keep our nation strong. However, I believe that the middle class is the most important class because it keeps the economy growing, improve education and create jobs.
The first reason I believe that the middle class is the most important is because it keeps the economy growing. David Madland provides statistics in his article The Middle Class Grows the Economy, Not the Rich, showing how the …show more content…
As Heather Bouchey and Adam Hersh note a study in their article The American Middle Class, Income Inequality, and the Strength of Our Economy, a weaker class impacts the nation's education. They conducted a study in all 50 states between 2003 and 2009 and discovered that a weak middle class produces a significant decreases in math scores. David Madland also argues in his article Middle Class Education that” a strong middle class boosts educational attainment through far more than just increased spending the ways in which a strong middle class leads to better educational outcomes.”The middle class tend to invest on more government funds which allows the money for education to be expanded (Madland). A study conducted by David and his members concluded that a weak middle class is associated with a lower education spending that affected education spending and the other facts that contribute to it. A decline in the middle class also affects the nation’s GDP. Four decades ago, the United States was ranked number 4 of a share of GDP in education spending,however in a recent study done in 2008 concluded that the United States is now ranked number 11 that shows a significant decline (Madland). On the other hand, New Zealand having a stronger middle class is ranked on the top GDP percentage (Madland). It is true that the wealthy support educational spending but the innumerable amount of evidence show that the middle class show higher