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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 04:16 AM
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34. Wtf? When wages for middle class jobs are so low that the folks working
them must accept poverty wages, that is what destroys middle classes. It doesnt matter whether it is a factory job, a software engineering job, a truck driving job, a farming job, or whatever.
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  -Hey Middle Class, the poor people can't hurt you!!!!! inthebrain  May-22-06 10:32 PM   #0 
  - >  inthebrain   May-22-06 10:52 PM   #1 
  - Sorry to disagree.  yourout   May-22-06 10:56 PM   #2 
  - I have to disagree with your disagreement  Chulanowa   May-22-06 11:07 PM   #3 
  - Thank you for being so rational! n/t  cantstandbush   May-22-06 11:11 PM   #4 
  - I belive in Trickle Up econmics.  yourout   May-22-06 11:13 PM   #6 
  - That's better known as demand-side economics  StopThePendulum   May-22-06 11:34 PM   #7 
  - This makes as much F*CKEN sense as the OP  serryjw   May-22-06 11:46 PM   #8 
  - Exactly  unlawflcombatnt   May-23-06 03:20 AM   #27 
  - Yep... One of Thom Hartmann's positions...  Mythsaje   May-24-06 02:09 AM   #58 
  - Middle Class Construction Workers  unlawflcombatnt   May-23-06 03:12 AM   #26 
     - Would you be in favor of granted these foreign workers a visa and  midnight   May-23-06 06:33 PM   #40 
     - Remember the term "craftsmen"?  primative1   May-23-06 06:36 PM   #41 
     - Hell, private citizens, most of them middle-class, are the  Bouncy Ball   May-23-06 10:16 PM   #52 
  - How is that hurting the middle class  inthebrain   May-22-06 11:12 PM   #5 
  - Having 25-30% of the school population unable to speak English  IndyJones   May-23-06 12:21 AM   #11 
  - Are the teachers teaching your kids in spanish?  inthebrain   May-23-06 12:37 AM   #13 
  - My statements are filled with facts. The testing proves my point.  IndyJones   May-23-06 12:39 AM   #14 
  - btw, the school district also agrees with my statements because they  IndyJones   May-23-06 12:40 AM   #15 
     - Scapegoating is disgusting  inthebrain   May-23-06 12:55 AM   #16 
        - "Just Stop It"  unlawflcombatnt   May-23-06 03:38 AM   #29 
           - Ive done an apt job of ripping that to shreads  inthebrain   May-23-06 03:48 AM   #31 
              - Good  unlawflcombatnt   May-23-06 04:02 AM   #33 
                 - George Borjas is an AEI hack  inthebrain   May-23-06 05:03 PM   #37 
  - What a crock!!!  Breeze54   May-23-06 01:44 AM   #19 
     - The MCAS is for MA  inthebrain   May-23-06 02:36 AM   #23 
        - No shit!  Breeze54   May-23-06 02:42 AM   #24 
           - They have a  inthebrain   May-23-06 02:59 AM   #25 
  - As a former educator, I would say that you actually should want  coalition_unwilling   May-23-06 07:49 PM   #49 
  - You are greatly overstating that percentage, dude.  Bouncy Ball   May-23-06 10:16 PM   #53 
  - Supply and Demand is not "mythological"  unlawflcombatnt   May-23-06 03:33 AM   #28 
     - You still haven answered  inthebrain   May-23-06 03:43 AM   #30 
  - I agree with you.  IndyJones   May-23-06 12:25 AM   #12 
  - That does sound good- about getting paid more.  midnight   May-23-06 06:26 PM   # 
  - That does sound good- about getting paid more.  midnight   May-23-06 06:26 PM   #38 
  - I agree....In principle  Union Thug   May-22-06 11:48 PM   #9 
  - The "middle class" needs to get over the illusion......  inthebrain   May-23-06 12:07 AM   #10 
  - What middle income ??  Breeze54   May-23-06 01:18 AM   #17 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   May-23-06 01:19 AM   #18 
  - Your stuck on jingosim  inthebrain   May-23-06 02:19 AM   #22 
     - Brain Damaged?  unlawflcombatnt   May-23-06 03:53 AM   #32 
        - I can see truth in what both of you are saying....  tirechewer   May-23-06 05:34 AM   #36 
  - leon trotsky apparently didn't get murdered in Mexico  RDU Socialist   May-23-06 01:52 AM   #20 
  - Not seeing the big picture hurts the average person.  SYNERCHOSIS   May-23-06 07:20 PM   #46 
     - absolute hippie bullshit  RDU Socialist   May-23-06 10:58 PM   #56 
  - Yeah, we're shrinking  LittleClarkie   May-23-06 02:13 AM   #21 
  - Wtf? When wages for middle class jobs are so low that the folks working  w4rma   May-23-06 04:16 AM   #34 
  - The Power Elites, the Super Rich hurt both the poor and the middle class  rman   May-23-06 04:51 AM   #35 
  - Interesting analogy ...  primative1   May-23-06 06:31 PM   #39 
  - Are there any R.N.s here?  midnight   May-23-06 06:37 PM   #42 
  - Please dont mention engineering  primative1   May-23-06 06:40 PM   #43 
  - Oh no, too many nurses are needed  sandnsea   May-23-06 07:03 PM   #44 
  - I'm an RN  inthebrain   May-23-06 07:38 PM   #47 
  - Yup  sandnsea   May-23-06 07:04 PM   #45 
  - I disagree..  solinvictus   May-23-06 07:43 PM   #48 
  - there's you that 5th vote for a great OP  Jeffersons Ghost   May-23-06 09:37 PM   #50 
  - Thank you for this part:  Bouncy Ball   May-23-06 10:14 PM   #51 
  - I agree with you, but....  One Honest Guy   May-23-06 10:40 PM   #54 
  - Bush actually boasted the middle class will groe by 300% in India in 2006  Imagevision   May-23-06 10:47 PM   #55 
  - A global labor movement is not going to happen.  lostinacause   May-23-06 11:48 PM   #57 
     - There is alreadt a global capitalist movement  inthebrain   May-24-06 12:22 PM   #59 
        - I told you why a global labor movement is not likely to be successful.  lostinacause   May-24-06 06:41 PM   #60 
 

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