With only a few days to go, I find myself doing more than counting down the remaining days until Tuesday's election, when this country will decide together the next president of the U.S.
I am also counting down to the day when the middle class will be defined. With cries of "socialism" and "spreading the wealth" coming from the right, careful consideration and certainly careful articulation is warranted.
I can still remember the days when Sen. Barack Obama's camp announced to cheering crowds that no one earning less than $250,000 would see a dime of tax increases.
Earlier this week, Sen. Joe Biden explained in a television interview that tax breaks should go to people making less than $150,000 a year. That is a stark difference.
An even more curious moment was when Obama detailed in his 30-minute media buy, which seemed more like a late-night infomercial than a professional approach to policy, that families earning $200,000 or less would benefit from his tax plans. In a two-headed household, are we at $100,000 per individual? Does this include the teenage son or daughter that works at the local mall?
As the cap is lowered seemingly by the week, we need to wonder as Americans whether those of us pursuing higher education, success, wealth and fortune will be penalized.
Will we be punished for striving for the American Dream?
On Election Day, we will have to make a historic decision as a nation standing together: not whether to elect the first black president or the first female vice president, but whether it is acceptable for big government to define our class.
Americans, members of a nation with historical distinctiveness and individualism, should unquestionably have the option of defining themselves.
