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saras

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28. Exactly. The only "middle class" are the enforcers for the rich.

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #25)

Sat May 5, 2012, 02:27 PM

May 2012

The majority of Americans aren't middle class, even though they'd like to think of themselves that way. If you work for a living, instead of making management decisions, you're working class. Even if you manage others, if the decisions are coming down from above, you're working class.

And aren't included in America's future.

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Exactly. The only "middle class" are the enforcers for the rich. saras May 2012 #28

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