Rather than merely servicing and controlling suffering people, we gradually transfer economic power and land to them, and ourselves, through mutual aid systems . By embracing this new idea of success the middle class can, in fact, become something better-- the Mutual Class . They can reduce their own costs of living, and costs of government, by investing in poor neighborhoods directly While there may always be need for government safety nets, taxpayers would increasingly escape the taxes that currently subsidize housing, heating and electric, Medicaid and Food Stamps. And there will be more taxpayers to share the load.At the same time, the rich and powerful would be freed to use their authority is to serve humanity, not gluttony. Employers would invest in workers as assets (even as friends) rather than as costs. This process requires neither bloodthirsty capitalism nor bleeding-heart socialism. Call it Mutual Enterprise-- the collaboration of mutual aid groups and businesses dedicated to community.