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Old 01-20-2013, 11:42 PM
 
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looks like soon we'll only have two classes.

the Upper and the Lower.

how about it?
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Old 01-20-2013, 11:43 PM
 
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Yes -- that's the plan Stan. Obama is doing all he can to destroy the middle class. Taxes are one big way he's destroying the middle class, and impossible national debt that will never be repaid.
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Old 01-20-2013, 11:47 PM
 
Location: NJ
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The middle class will always exist; we are in the midst of a period of major change, education is of the utmost importance now.

Will all adapt? No, and I'm sure many horse and buggy owners never recovered from Henry Ford displacing the need for their services.
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Old 01-20-2013, 11:53 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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The middle class hardly exists in my region. Well middle class with middle class trappings. Membership is pretty fragile in many metro areas.
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Old 01-20-2013, 11:55 PM
 
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The middle class will always exist; we are in the midst of a period of major change, education is of the utmost importance now.

Will all adapt? No, and I'm sure many horse and buggy owners never recovered from Henry Ford displacing the need for their services.
Flawed argument -- Henry Ford did much to create the growth of the middle class because those former buggy makers began to make cars instead and had better wages. They weren't put on unlimited unemployment handouts, they simply moved on to better paying jobs.
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Old 01-21-2013, 12:00 AM
 
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Yes -- that's the plan Stan. Obama is doing all he can to destroy the middle class. Taxes are one big way he's destroying the middle class, and impossible national debt that will never be repaid.
You're like a A1 prime example of the reason why the US middle class is disappearing. You can't even comprehend your own right wing ideology accelerates middle class decline. The strongest middle classes in the World are found in liberal social democracies. Wow! Deluded!
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Old 01-21-2013, 12:02 AM
 
Location: NJ
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Flawed argument -- Henry Ford did much to create the growth of the middle class because those former buggy makers began to make cars instead and had better wages. They weren't put on unlimited unemployment handouts, they simply moved on to better paying jobs.

Some did, some didn't. Many lived far away from Detroit, but autos still killed their occupation.
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Old 01-21-2013, 12:03 AM
 
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You're like a A1 prime example of the reason why the US middle class is disappearing. You can't even comprehend your own right wing ideology accelerates middle class decline. The strongest middle classes in the World are found in liberal social democracies. Wow! Deluded!
The middle class decline is much faster under Obama than it was under Reagan -- under Reagan the middle class grew. Your problem is you are very gullible and adore Obama because he's a celebrity type president but you're not taking a look at his policies or the results.
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Old 01-21-2013, 12:05 AM
 
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The middle class will always exist; we are in the midst of a period of major change, education is of the utmost importance now.

Will all adapt? No, and I'm sure many horse and buggy owners never recovered from Henry Ford displacing the need for their services.
Huh? Yes it will exist as it exists in Brazil. 1% elites, 3% middle class, and 96% dirt poor.

And fellow white guys I have news for you..... You and your offspring aren't invited to the party.

That's for people that have much higher IQ's than you. You destroyed progressive tax rates, you destroyed unions, you diminished workers rights, you refuse to tax the ultra elites and reign in corporate power.

Now sleep in your bed. Survival of the fittest. Dog-eat-dog. I hope you enjoy flipping hamburgers.
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Old 01-21-2013, 12:06 AM
 
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The middle class decline is much faster under Obama than it was under Reagan -- under Reagan the middle class grew. Your problem is you are very gullible and adore Obama because he's a celebrity type president but you're not taking a look at his policies or the results.
No you are factually wrong. The height of the middle class was under Nixon ( a coincidence ) and it's been declining ever since due to right wing policy on taxation of the rich, attacks on unions, and workers rights.
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