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In reply to the discussion: Goodbye Middle Class: 51 Percent Of All American Workers Make Less Than 30,000 Dollars A Year [View all]grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)57. I'll get right on that.
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Goodbye Middle Class: 51 Percent Of All American Workers Make Less Than 30,000 Dollars A Year [View all]
grahamhgreen
Oct 2015
OP
It's goodbye country. An injury to one is an injury to all. This is what that means. n/t
jtuck004
Oct 2015
#16
Another consequence: median wealth among U.S. adults is 1/2 what it is in other developed nations.
forest444
Oct 2015
#21
So your tactic is to scream "right wing" lies at information you disagree with.
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#51
It may be convenient to dismiss part time workers but the truth is since 2008 the majority of new
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#34
What about the full time workers who lost their job in 2008 and can only find part time work now?
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#38
It's amazing to ignore that in making a counter-argument to the figures in the OP.
Hissyspit
Oct 2015
#45
Some seem to be willing to see the middle and working classes sink into poverty for the promise
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#32