“Class warfare.”

Anytime it’s demanded that the gaping loopholes on business taxes be closed, it’s “class warfare.”  Anytime that the government is asked to do something to alleviate the gap between rich and poor, it’s “class warfare.”  Heck, anytime anything other than complete laissez faire free markets is advocated (other than bailing out failed corporations, of course), the Republican battle cry goes up: “Class warfare!”

Jesus came with an economic message, namely a mandate to eliminate the gross disparity between rich and poor

Every time they accuse one of their opponents of advocating “class warfare,” they are really advocating the status quo of a system that keeps millions in the United States and billions around the world living in poverty.

Drenched in Marxist overtones, the term is invoked for a specific purpose: to draw a link in the public’s mind between liberal/progressive economic policies and Marxism, a fallacy which plays on the

lingering fears of Communist infiltration.