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In reply to the discussion: Three Minimum Wage Jobs Needed To Afford Two-Bedroom Apartment [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)47. Our middle class has been devastated and impoverished.
The restructuring has forced millions into poverty.
Is this considered important by our elected "representatives"? Do we hear urgent calls to address this crisis...the rape of the American people?
No, not considered a crisis at all. In fact, they are focused on cutting the social safety nets.
This is the new normal, and these are your oligarchs.
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My daughter, $27,000 student loan debt, makes $10 per hour 34 hrs, running a free clinic. She is
Mnemosyne
Mar 2013
#3
That's comforting in a way. I doubt she will find anything paying more around here. Still, it stinks
Mnemosyne
Mar 2013
#16
I'm almost broke from having to help her and the kids so much. She cannot even move as her sons
Mnemosyne
Mar 2013
#17
I hope when it gets much worse, I'm not too broke to leave. It's getting close though, too close.
Mnemosyne
Apr 2013
#58
I sit the youngest grandson, age 3, daycare would cost more than my daughter makes. It's
Mnemosyne
Apr 2013
#63
I keep hoping things will start to turn for the good here, but it's really not looking too good
Mnemosyne
Apr 2013
#68
My last base was full of empty houses, so they let single people move in, it was great
sammytko
Apr 2013
#45
when I was a kid - even a poor family on minimum wage could afford to rent a big dumpy old house
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2013
#13
Who are these greedy poor people, acting as if they deserve TWO bedrooms?
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#52