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bpuharic

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:27:32 -0600, wrote:

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:25:45 -0500, bpuharic wrote:

yeah. looks like the middle class is doing great...as long as we shop
at dollar general and wal mart, while continuing to work until we're
80

For anyone else reading this that may be open to the wider
perspective, narrowing the discussion down to median family incomes
deliberately ignores wealth creation (not to mention of factors),

actually it's not. the US has one of the most stratified economies in
the western world. the middle class continues to work its ass
off...getting less vacation than any industrialized country...while
continuing to feed the appetite of the rich who now take more of the
national wealth than they ever have

a
dynamic which is applicable to all economic striations of society. If
the focus must necessarily be on the "pay raise," it's to avoid the
inconvenience of recognizing that this country still affords the
opportunity for each individual to create his own wealth without being
held captive to an employer.

no, it doesn't. the US has less upward social mobility than virtually
any other western country

i admire your frentic efforts to continue to drink the right wing kool
aid while the middle class circles the bowl