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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 04:08 PM Original message |
Slipping away from middle class |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm smart and I have worked hard all my life |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I believe it's easier than many of us think. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 04:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yep, and I don't think a lot people fully understand that even with health |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 04:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I know utterly how you feel. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Half the town slipped from middle class in my hometown |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 04:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Poor Andy and Vera |
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mbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have no idea if your friends would want to do this or not, but wasn't |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. oh well. |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 08:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. There may be global economic trends |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Bullshit! |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 05:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It is easy |
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dumpster_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 05:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. ah, yes, the small business owner as a demigod of the American economy" |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 06:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I live in Jeb Bush's State |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 04:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. People are voting with the GOP for religious and cultural issues |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. Damn Trof, I didn't mean to kill your thread! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Not to worry, bud. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. One unpaid bill away from disaster. |
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MidwestMomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. You are a fine person for caring about another human being like that |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Me and you, MM. |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm very distressed to hear these stories...I'm so sorry for those |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 06:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. US Census Income |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. No one makes more than $175,000 in my area |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 11:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
57. Trade Deficit At Record 5% Of GDP And Growing |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. Minumum wage |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 08:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. How did you figure that? |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Absolutely |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 03:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I guess it depends on where you live, too. |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 04:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Heck |
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T4tyra (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-04 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. ONCE THE MIDDLE CLASS |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 08:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. And what happens when the people have nothing left to lose? - n/t |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
62. To Controversial For Some But The Answer Is Social Revolution |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. kick |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
27. Hey, I made the front page. |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. in the mid-late 60s the women's movement used to say |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. I think the corporate power brokers *want* to decimate the middle class |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Two Questions... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Answer to 2: No. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. In all honesty... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. It was a good question |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 08:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Am I "in Mobile"?... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 07:25 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Was out of town for a couple of weeks. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Oh yeah... |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. Maybe other problems? |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. Harvard article on the middle class |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Thanks for the article. |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. Family of four |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. So |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Read "Nickled and Dimed". |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. "Housing Wage" is a good start. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Alabama |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I'm a member of the "Florida Head Injury Society", 1988. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. And a biggie is left off that list. Health Care. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Be no healthcare. |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 08:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Taxes and Healthcare |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
49. But it can't happen to us right? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. "One paycheck away from disaster." |
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yupthasme2 (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
54. Andy's plight |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. If he is a Handyman Carpenter Type |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:20 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. If Andy is 60 |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:46 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Carpentry underappreciated |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:55 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. The bottom line is |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
56. Middle Class Feels Squeeze |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
61. Tangible Graph On The Loss Of Jobs |
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