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7. I met someone last night. Neither of us asked about occupation.

Fri May 11, 2012, 04:13 PM

May 2012

Interestingly, he was Hispanic. Had he been a white guy, "what do you do for living?" would have been question number 3 or 4, I'm certain.

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There are more people out of work than jobs, anyone think this will get better? [View all] redqueen May 2012 OP

Excellent. The book "your money or your life" was an epiphany to me. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #1

I met someone last night. Neither of us asked about occupation. closeupready May 2012 #7

Marked to read later. MuseRider May 2012 #2

We're "past capitalism." TARP moved us past it. KansDem May 2012 #3

Fascism? redqueen May 2012 #4

Sounds about right... KansDem May 2012 #5

More like a well established plutocracy imo. Rex May 2012 #6