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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 08:56 PM Original message |
Upper middle class NEED Payday Loans?? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Absotutely. Pawn shops, too. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Which means we need to redefine middle class. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Ding ding ding! You hit the target precisely! |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 08:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. In my defintion, middle class includes |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. The USA needs a payday loan.......WTF |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. If you make that kind of money ..... |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. I bet its for the hired help |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Unlikely, they can find one in their own neighborhoods, sadly nt |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 09:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. With a median household income of 71k I don't think you'll see a lot of |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. the bush economic miracle rolls on. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Now that is FUCKED up, pardon my french |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Do you have to pay for health insurance premiums? |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Chances are if you make $75K++ |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. That's true. |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 08:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. You'd think so, wouldn't you? Sadly, though, not necessarily. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 10:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. I make over $80,000 and my company does not |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Not yet..... |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Let's hope he doesn't get to make that change. |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. medicare costs...$78/mon to medicare, ca $200 for medigap |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. By the time I get to sign up for Medicare, |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. serryjw i'm as surprised as you are. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yet another symptom... |
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MiniMandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. heh ..... |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. Most "middle class" people live paycheck-to-paycheck |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I have no doubt that Bushit is killing this country with his policies |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. With good reason |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-05 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. And "Dollar Stores" and "Family Dollar Stores". nt |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 09:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. The right kind of dollar store does well in a high-income area |
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CitrusLib (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 09:32 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. And as my mother always said, 'money does not buy taste'. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 11:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Well, that's pretty cool. But most of the stuff in our dollar stores |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-05 05:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. And the ones in Fayetteville too |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
25. Income is only 1/2 the picture. Expenses are the other 1/2. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. Perhaps "payday loan" is a bit too harsh... |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
30. Canary in the Coal Mine. |
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mccoyn (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
32. Lower middle class CAN'T afford Payday Loans. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
33. Debt. Obligations |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
34. Credit cards mortgage loans car payments |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
36. usury is out of control nowadays, though some of us resist it... |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 10:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Usury is seen as a growth industry in Oklahoma |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
37. Classic problem of this group.... |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-05 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
41. Let's get realistic here.... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-05 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
42. My parents together made about that kind of money, but they |
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