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harvey007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:51 AM Original message |
In Arizona's middle class, many are barely hanging on |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. On a brighter note, there are plenty of jobs opening up in the agricultural sector |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. So the graduates who can't find work in their own fields will end up working in someone else's |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Hey! McCain said in '08 that pickers make 50 bucks an hour. |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Maybe wages will return to a living wage |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Hope springs eternal |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Apparently we are so short of CEOs that we have to pay exorbitant wages to them |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Read Grapes of Wrath |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think people that grew upmiddle class don't realize how bad things are. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. There's so much I'd like to say here but I'll spare you. The article was |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Stronger global workforce" ... think they mean "harvesting slave labor around the world"-- |
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molly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. There would be plenty of jobs for everybody if our |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
45. Completely agree with ALL you've said -- |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Exactly right, defendandprotect. Where I live we have thousands of citizens |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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jeaps (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Illegal immigrants |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. I agree with you, jeaps, but there has to be a combined effort on this. Just |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Well said, bertman. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 12:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. We need instant Social Security Checking which Congress won't do ... |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Life and Debt |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. THANK YOU |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. The middle class is barely on in every state. n/t |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. "Sleight of hand prosperity" |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. +1 |
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Ruperto32 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Aka "false consciousness." (n/t) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Wendell Potter says that he cultivated the "personal responsibility" meme |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. kick nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
10. when they get rid of the illegals that will solve their problem |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I agree. |
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Ruperto32 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. What is "this administration" doing about it? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. Here's some info from the Washington Post last week. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. This is why I'm against immigration reform as currently constituted |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Thanks |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. I know it is not news but it is the same everywhere. |
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nativeplantlover (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Response to Paper Roses |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Hi nativeplantlover, welcome to DU. |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. This brings me to reveal why the Great Recession is still ongoing |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Arizona's rich are doing very well |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. If they are barely hanging on, they are not middle class. They are poor. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. +1 n/t |
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JOE MURPHY (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. arizona |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. While this focuses on Phoenix, it could be anywhere in this |
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zen_bohemian (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I can remember those days, even 20 years ago |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I had to chuckle when I read your post. I vividly remember when |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Gen X memories aren't all that bad, either. |
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zen_bohemian (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I had just gotten my driver's license, gas shot up to 1.00 a gallon |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
47. People don't own their cars anymore ... looks like constant leasing -- ??? |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. Why should Arizona be any different? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. Arizona, like the rest of the war starved USAmerican Empire |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
43. kick |
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Stargazer99 (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
48. Sure takes a long time for them to "get it" |
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