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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:33 PM Original message |
A long, steep drop for Americans' standard of living |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. A long, steep drop that will continue to spiral out of control |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Only if government pursues austerity |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Frankly IMO many of the politicians can be dumped except for Bernie Sanders and some of |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Certainly but we should identify the bad ones |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yep, Agree!!! n/t |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. The solution? JUST BE RICH! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. "even though the recession ended, technically speaking, in mid-2009" |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Shit, if my income was within $20,000 a year of what I made 10 years ago I'd be happy as hell. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. I see it locally. I am frequently the only customer at our local nursery, for example-- |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. My sister and BIL have a higher standard of living than my parents did. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. "That means less money to spend at the spa or the movies, less for vacations..." |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. This is because our wages and benefits are now patterned after non-union workers wages and benefits |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm making 4-5k less today than I was four years ago, |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. K & R. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. This si sooo TRUE. |
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