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In reply to the discussion: So-called "feel-good" stories that "ought to make you throw up." [View all]lostnfound
(16,138 posts)20. There is no longer any cushion in the middle class economy
The issue is people are treated like serfs not whole human beings.
It doesnt have to be like that, but the owners want to squeeze every drop they can from a parched middle class.
by the way, the kids that are raised by those parents will be the nurses who take care of you in your old age and the workers funding your social security checks. None of us pay intoour own accounts, we pay for the older generation, so that we dont have sidewalks filled with starving elderly.
Look at societies like Japan that has such a low birth rate because it is too expensive to raise kids. There is actually an element of service to society in raising a kid.
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