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hfojvt

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23. someone making $150,000 a year is not working class
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 03:17 PM
Jan 2013

they are upper class, and they know it. Most of them do not have a nickel's worth of solidarity with those making $20,000 a year.

5. Lend out your excess money to people who can no longer afford a middle-class lifestyle. Scuba Jan 2013 #1
+1 xchrom Jan 2013 #2
Modern day "scrip" pipoman Jan 2013 #4
I remember "scrip"... kentuck Jan 2013 #5
"prole chips" harmonicon Jan 2013 #12
But that is only half the story. The financial sector and the wealthy loan their money to the JDPriestly Jan 2013 #18
That's why they call 'em "banksters". Scuba Jan 2013 #20
TARP 4Q2u2 Jan 2013 #22
I would make it 6 pipoman Jan 2013 #3
One step would counter it. safeinOhio Jan 2013 #6
Pay With What You Have 4Q2u2 Jan 2013 #7
I have no hope. I see no future. n/t Hotler Jan 2013 #8
I see several.... daleanime Jan 2013 #10
The system is imploding now. There are plethoro Jan 2013 #11
There are middle class workers? harmonicon Jan 2013 #9
People who make good money, but are not independantly wealthy. ieoeja Jan 2013 #16
That's not what middle class means though. harmonicon Jan 2013 #19
someone making $150,000 a year is not working class hfojvt Jan 2013 #23
Keep telling yourself that. harmonicon Jan 2013 #26
sure I am hfojvt Jan 2013 #27
America never really had an "old aristocracy" YoungDemCA Jan 2013 #24
Finance is not an "industry." WinkyDink Jan 2013 #13
The funniest thing is, if left unchecked, Finance is going to destroy the very system it thrives on, Ikonoklast Jan 2013 #14
"Zeitgeist: The Movie" Stainless Jan 2013 #15
No money for pay raise excuse Smilo Jan 2013 #17
then blame your victims for the economic mess you made and demand more Follow The Money Jan 2013 #21
+1 xchrom Jan 2013 #25
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