One of the primary goals of Marxism was the destruction of the middle class. That has also been a goal of the Democratic Party since it was taken over by the liberal fascists during the Vietnam War. Jimmy Carter worked toward this goal during his Presidency, and the activity increased while Clinton was President. Obama and the Democrats talk about 'saving' the middle class a lot, but that is misdirection. The power base of the Democrats is the poor and the very rich. They have enough of the very rich to provide all of the campaign money they need, but they need more of the poor to provide the votes. This explains why they encourage illegal immigration and fund Acorn to register the poor to vote. The strategy is to get more than half of the population entirely dependent on the government, and thus voters to keep in power the Democrats who promise them goodies. Obama plans to push through a tax bill that will eliminate 60% of the population from the income tax rolls. Obama will also try to reduce or eliminate social security and medicare taxes on the bottom half of the income distribution. Obama will talk a lot about making the rich pay their 'fair share.' Of course, as Leona Helmsly famously said, "Only the little people pay taxes." That has been borne out in the Congressional scrutiny of Obama's selections for high-level government positions. Here is an article that I don't entirely agree with, but that offers some analysis of the difference between classical liberals and current-day 'progressives,' who I would call liberal fascists.

http://freestudents.blogspot.com/2009/02/is-classical-liberalism-selfish.html