The Earning Class Defined
America is in critical condition both economically and socially. Achieving one's goals by earning them was once a common attitude found in most Americans. Unfortunately, those who still retain this attitude are threatened by government bailouts, those with a growing sense of entitlement, political corruption, credit abuse, a lack of government oversight, and a looming social culture that views the vacuous as heroic. The class of Americans who earn a living by being responsible, forthright, and productive, may have never felt a close affiliation with one another, but it's time they did. For the sake of lifting America back up, this previously undefined class of Americans deserves an appropriate designation. That is why the earning class name and symbol were developed.

Not to be mistaken with the typical social class distinctions that
politicians, statisticians, and media minds want to contain you within,
the term earning class disregards the income strata that define textbook style socioeconomic classes. Members of the earning class distinguish themselves from the classes of "working", "middle", and "upper" by considering their pursuit of prosperity as a constant movement upward through the measures used to define "class" in America (income, education, and occupation).

Americans of the earning class see no political, economic, religious, ethnic, or gender-based boundaries. In fact, the earning class attitude reminds us what it once meant to be an American. Look around you. Do you believe an individual must work for the American dream or do you believe it is an entitlement? Do you hold yourself accountable for your achievements and failures? If so, you are part of the earning class.