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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:51 PM Original message |
The lower middle class, constituting the bulk of the middle class |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Lower Middle Class |
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shoelace414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Two Americas" |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I hope Kerry will really drive this point home on Thursday |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I never liked the "Two Americas" theme |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. You're missing something. |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-04 07:31 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That confirms what I said |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-04 09:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I wasn't clear enough. |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. And it's come to this |
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unfrigginreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don't expect much support from this board... |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. We never hear the words Lower Middle Class like |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I'm not a single mother but |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Two camps here. |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 04:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. LOL |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Poverty is no longer a DEM concern |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Listening to Robert Rubin on Tony Trupiano right now |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. edit: Robert Reich...sorry |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Meet Robert Reich |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's a matter of the "working class" vs. the "ownership class" |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Thanks for the charts! |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 06:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. a link for the charts? (n/t) |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. The charts themselves are mine. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 08:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Gee, and which President rolled into town 25+ years ago? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Well, don't overlook the impact of Congress. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I'm not. Just looking at your charts. |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Someone tell me....What's middle class income wise? |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I'm not sure the exact numbers but |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Okay, poverty at 18,000....so what are the ranges for middle class? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. It's intentionally vague. It describes the "belly" of the Lorenz Curve .. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm not sure enough people care anymore |
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midwayer (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. This is exactly what I'm talking about |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
19. kick |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You're forgetting that |
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dumpster_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. Have you seen the movie, "The Truman Show"? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Let's also try to dispel the myth of "working" = "employed" |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-04 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
34. The problem is MOST people 'THINK' they are middle-class |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-04 09:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Right, "middle class" has been redefined to mean |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-04 10:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yes. Believing in the "values" but without the economic reality |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-04 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. The classes have changed.. warped.... something |
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