General Discussion

Education grants - especially for skilled trades and college students from lower income public schools. The loan programs don't work. Banks are just pigs at the trough, my apology to pigs. For those with loans, make the interest a dollar for dollar credit on taxes instead of a deduction to income for middle class earners.

Grants to rural and inner city hospitals to keep emergency rooms open. Broad education support for primary care doctors and specialties with shortages.

Social Security credits for adults who stop working full time to care for spouse, elderly parents etc.

Jack up taxes on corporations with 30% or more paid at 130% or less of the minimum wage to help cover costs for federal assistance programs to low wage workers.

Restore migrant worker programs.
Tighten H1B visas etc that encourage importing cheap labor instead of paying for education and support of American workers.

Insure 401K / IRA so people aren't wiped out by wall street/banking gamblers who walk away with millions.

Granted, I am not exactly smart enough to know how any of the above would work. Yes it would all be open to abuse. But it is a few ideas to support the middle without hurting the people at the bottom.