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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:42 PM Original message |
Middle class dies as 1 in 3 jobs (40 million) pay low wages (under 11.11/hr) |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. What is middle class |
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montanacowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. YEP...COME TO MONTANA WHERE IF YOU ARE LUCKY |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I live on the OR Coast |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Sounds a lot like SC, except I don't think our housing market is |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. And then people want to tell me |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. why dont they rent? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. When your rent triples and your wages stay the same |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. they werent locking in |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The first step |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-22-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. No, sandnsea.. you are absolutely right in your thinking.. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. entry level middle class is $18 t0 $20 an hour |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-15-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. really? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 07:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. So one can not be middle class without being in a 2 worker family? - Or is $23,500 per person |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. depends what you mean |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Ok - I misunderstood your post - sorry - in any case the "middle class" no longer |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. sorry my info is old.. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
12. This is what ordinary people have been seeing around them |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. K & R |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. 1 in 3 = 40 million? |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-16-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. labor supply which is different than working age |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-23-07 09:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Have you know the bushes administration to report any statistics without fudging? |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-17-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. From looking at local want ads |
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