Protecting the Middle Class America is the most powerful country because of its middle class. It is the teachers, firefighters, policeman, and blue collar workers that drive this economy. So the nation has to work hard to protect the middle class and lawmakers have to pass laws that cement the foundation that it was built on. By making sure unions are protected, expanding financial aid so that students can afford it and get the proper education and investing in America so that the future jobs are created here.