I got this assignment and I have to do it TODAY!

Question

Write an essay on the necessity of a content, hard-working, middle class to the maintenance of a democratic government.

I really have no idea what to write and i need to have it done today. Can anyone please give me some sugestions an outline anything? Because i really do not know the answer.

It doesn't have to be absolutely correct in a scientific sense to score a decent grade. Just read some references from below and pick a side with some issues and defend it with reliable references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_class

http://www.rense.com/general59/usmid.htm

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=active&as_qdr=all&q=allintitle%3A+working++%22middle+class%22+-french+-anthropologists&btnG=Search

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=active&as_qdr=all&q=allintitle%3A+++%22middle+class%22+democracy&btnG=Search