12-22-2008, 04:35 PM
IIRC, the major expansion of the middle class came after WWII when returning soldiers got the GI bill which sent them to college, and helped them obtain loans for housing. I don't see the Government trying to expand the ranks of home ownership anytime soon. As for college, well maybe more grant money could be provided to the needy, but this would not have anything like the impact that the GI bill had.