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TBF

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2. When you have one family

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2014, 08:35 AM

Jan 2014

controlling over 40% of the income in the country you are not on the right track ...

Maybe 10% of the country has any expectation of "American Dream" right now - and a lot of that is due to family wealth or tech stocks. The rest are doing their best to get by from day to day. That doesn't sound anything like middle class paradise to me.

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50 Years After the War on Poverty, Will the Middle Class Become the New Poor? [View all] xchrom Jan 2014 OP

I began to sit up BobUp Jan 2014 #1

When you have one family TBF Jan 2014 #2

I forget who said it on Chris Hayes last night - but the War on Poverty only lasted about 10 yrs. baldguy Jan 2014 #3

many already there dembotoz Jan 2014 #4

Yes CFLDem Jan 2014 #5

Will they? Where does this person live? They are. Mass Jan 2014 #6

remove all lobbying politicman Jan 2014 #7

the middle class will become part of the old poor. hobbit709 Jan 2014 #8

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Most likely. Because those in war against the middle class are hellbent on increasing poverty. Triana Jan 2014 #11

I was listening to cspan call in earlier today about this issue. It pained me to riversedge Jan 2014 #12

The War on Progress best Ambassador. GeorgeGist Jan 2014 #13