Bankers say they are also paying more attention to a growing class of professional affluent and high-net-worth overseas Indian professionals like doctors, lawyers and senior bankers.

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Democrats promote a strong government safety net through entitlements and support programs that they say bolsters middle-class opportunity necessary for economic growth.

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On item 1: There is a big difference between a safety net that prevents starvation and homelessness and income transfer programs that provide middle-class comforts to people who for whatever reason did not earn them in the private economy.

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And the net effect of it all is that the economy is not working for middle-class families.

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