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hobbit709

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4. I started with nothing and I still got nothing.

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 07:34 AM

Aug 2012

I'm better off than a lot of people but that' not saying a lot. I saw what the future would be under Nixon. Reagan just accelerated what was already started.

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DU is not representative of America any more [View all] NNN0LHI Aug 2012 OP

Sorry for your troubles; thanks for your post. Agree in general, though I haven't been here as long. Scuba Aug 2012 #1

Evolution liberal N proud Aug 2012 #2

I'm not upper middle class notadmblnd Aug 2012 #3

I started with nothing and I still got nothing. hobbit709 Aug 2012 #4

+1 nt Javaman Aug 2012 #13

That's what I tell myself too. There are many more who have it worse. notadmblnd Aug 2012 #74

Just thought you might like to know... Scootaloo Aug 2012 #5

I've managed to survive so far by the skin of my teeth lunatica Aug 2012 #6

We use to be very well off. fasttense Aug 2012 #7

I truly wish you the best of luck lunatica Aug 2012 #8

I've lurked for at least Bohunk68 Aug 2012 #9

DU is still to the left on social issues NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #11

Well, I'll challenge that. I frequent a fair number of forums and groups and don't see that at all. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #22

It seems as long as some can share in the profits. raouldukelives Aug 2012 #50

How could you possibly know that Le Taz Hot Aug 2012 #10

and lots of old-timey DUers got the boot over the '08 primary SoCalDem Aug 2012 #70

Actually, DU is not representative of DU anymore. RagAss Aug 2012 #12

Correct. RC Aug 2012 #21

Truth. CrispyQ Aug 2012 #44

True dat. bvar22 Aug 2012 #67

That's the truth! nt jannyk Aug 2012 #78

We have lost a lot of Blue Collar folks... SkyDaddy7 Aug 2012 #14

Might not have been so much FOX "News" & Talk Radio, as something else NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #24

Could you please let me know when my 'Upper Middle Class' Status kicks in LynneSin Aug 2012 #15

When you run out of staples. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #19

Hang in there Don. We haven't hit bottom yet. Downwinder Aug 2012 #16

Shoot man, you are talking to someone who was laid off from his job for six years NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #25

I haven't been with DU that long, but I remember the Reagan disaster and most probably still do. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #17

I remember Reagan very clearly LynneSin Aug 2012 #18

I'm sure he has a very warm seat. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #26

I hope it's burning his ass to dust LynneSin Aug 2012 #27

I'm pretty sure his ass, along with everything below the neck, is already dust. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #41

+1 andlor Aug 2012 #20

Blue collar worker here. bluescribbler Aug 2012 #23

Don't know about income, but DU has always been way left of the general public. redqueen Aug 2012 #28

What is this? SunsetDreams Aug 2012 #29

Lots of unfounded assumption in this OP. Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #30

I moved to Dallas in 1981, along with my best friend. We had a circle of friends that were.... Raster Aug 2012 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author bupkus Aug 2012 #31

I never considered it to be so in the first place. dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #32

Blue collar here. Edweird Aug 2012 #33

DU is mostly older white folks it's never been representative of America LOL snooper2 Aug 2012 #34

Baseless speculation on your part. Quantess Aug 2012 #35

Are you saying White Collar workers aren't American? Johonny Aug 2012 #36

We've always been to the left on most issues Jeff In Milwaukee Aug 2012 #37

My adult working life started with Reagan. rrneck Aug 2012 #38

Upper middle class white collar? flamingdem Aug 2012 #39

"The majority of DUers we have left here now are upper middle class white collar workers" marmar Aug 2012 #40

My heart goes out to you all ... bayareaboy Aug 2012 #42

like you, Don mamayo Aug 2012 #43

I'm so sorry for your hardships, Don. Rozlee Aug 2012 #45

Not middle class white collar xmas74 Aug 2012 #46

Too true. ananda Aug 2012 #47

America is not representative of America anymore... kentuck Aug 2012 #48

We've been a nation of suckers for generations now. Too many of Don's compatriots fell Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #53

We don't take care of each other any more NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #54

This I have to agree with sort of. Johonny Aug 2012 #64

tell these youngsters to read Ron Paul's proposed budget changes grasswire Aug 2012 #65

Choosing Ron Paul shows how really uneducated they are... kentuck Aug 2012 #66

Solidly working class Dem Socialist here. I joined DU in 2003 in the run-up coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #49

lol. I cant even see the "upper middle" from my class. nt bunnies Aug 2012 #51

It's a very sad zzaapp Aug 2012 #52

I'm defintely not upper middle class. I was raised middle middle class, kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #55

Been here since 2001 wicket Aug 2012 #56

Don, we are blue collar nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #57

The majority of DUers remaining aren't Union members or Union friendly DainBramaged Aug 2012 #58

Yup, the pro-Toyota crap is disgusting. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #62

Nissan is negotiating with the UAW in (shhhh) secret DainBramaged Aug 2012 #63

what is left here now are upper middle class white collar workers lunasun Aug 2012 #59

DU is a very middle class, "bourgeois", place. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #60

I got a question for ya nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #61

You're both right - TBF Aug 2012 #68

You have a point. bvar22 Aug 2012 #69

There are dirt poor posters here, homeless one's also. I've seen their posts. Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #71

If the DU was ever representative of America, people wouldn't come here. hughee99 Aug 2012 #73

Your post is naive and divisive... MellowDem Aug 2012 #75

I fell into poverty in the ugly aughts, not enough to eat poverty. Warpy Aug 2012 #76

DU has never been representative of America , the reasons you give are the least of it JI7 Aug 2012 #77

Honey...I've been stuck at The Dallas Morning News. w8liftinglady Aug 2012 #79

Good post, Don. Major Hogwash Aug 2012 #80

No one wants to hear... CoffeeCat Aug 2012 #81