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rhett o rick

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32. Some seem to be willing to see the middle and working classes sink into poverty for the promise

Thu Oct 22, 2015, 09:03 PM

Oct 2015

of some social justice. If we all sink into poverty, there will be no social justice. A vote for the status quo is a vote against the 50 million Americans living in poverty.

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Goodbye Middle Class: 51 Percent Of All American Workers Make Less Than 30,000 Dollars A Year [View all] grahamhgreen Oct 2015 OP

38 percent of all American workers made less than $20,000 last year. Cal Carpenter Oct 2015 #1

I'm not sure how one can survive on that grahamhgreen Oct 2015 #17

We live with strangers artislife Oct 2015 #23

Those numbers would include people working 2 jobs Sanity Claws Oct 2015 #2

ugh hibbing Oct 2015 #3

There's no reason whatsoever to have any faith in HRH. hifiguy Oct 2015 #7

Republicans are but so are corporate democrats. JRLeft Oct 2015 #46

Middle class is pretty much only supported by families. Shandris Oct 2015 #4

Yes, it really bothers me. mmonk Oct 2015 #5

Yet still, the billionaires and other tenth-percenters have too little. hifiguy Oct 2015 #6

This is unsustainable and it's time for drastic action! NT xynthee Oct 2015 #8

Recovery huh ? Truprogressive85 Oct 2015 #9

What recovery? noiretextatique Oct 2015 #58

Drip drip drip... Rex Oct 2015 #10

The American Ideal is shot to hell thanks to the GOP. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #11

They had help. LOTS of help. hifiguy Oct 2015 #12

I don't deny that for a moment. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #14

by the numbers, thanks! grahamhgreen Oct 2015 #18

Very well said! arcane1 Oct 2015 #27

Wow. If that's accurate, I'm astounded and dismayed. closeupready Oct 2015 #13

Very sad. romanic Oct 2015 #15

It's goodbye country. An injury to one is an injury to all. This is what that means. n/t jtuck004 Oct 2015 #16

I wonder how many of those SheilaT Oct 2015 #19

Your American flag should be upside down. EEO Oct 2015 #20

Another consequence: median wealth among U.S. adults is 1/2 what it is in other developed nations. forest444 Oct 2015 #21

Supply side + trade deals = widespread poverty. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #22

Wait till you hear about what the oligarchs have warming up in the bullpen. hifiguy Oct 2015 #25

I wouldn't put anything past these cruel miscreants. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #28

Unbelievable! smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #31

That's it, exactly! grahamhgreen Oct 2015 #33

I'm above the median! KamaAina Oct 2015 #24

you crush unions and this is what happens juxtaposed Oct 2015 #26

You use computers for everything leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #66

very very slanted by part time workers whatthehey Oct 2015 #29

Figures in the same ballpark can be found all over the net... AOR Oct 2015 #30

So do other right wing lies whatthehey Oct 2015 #36

There's a very large difference between right wing lies and facts on the ground... AOR Oct 2015 #39

So your tactic is to scream "right wing" lies at information you disagree with. rhett o rick Oct 2015 #51

because the poster believes only teenagers and "homemakers" noiretextatique Oct 2015 #62

It may be convenient to dismiss part time workers but the truth is since 2008 the majority of new liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #34

It's not dismissing them. It's math whatthehey Oct 2015 #37

What about the full time workers who lost their job in 2008 and can only find part time work now? liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #38

It's amazing to ignore that in making a counter-argument to the figures in the OP. Hissyspit Oct 2015 #45

Oh, but you see, the newly part-time workers brentspeak Oct 2015 #54

"making extra spending money" Hissyspit Oct 2015 #44

Indeed...what a ridiculous statement. Eom noiretextatique Oct 2015 #61

This statement shows how out-of-touch you are noiretextatique Oct 2015 #60

That's not slanted, that's their wages! grahamhgreen Oct 2015 #40

it's not that slanted hfojvt Oct 2015 #48

How many p/t workers want f/t jobs? noiretextatique Oct 2015 #59

Some seem to be willing to see the middle and working classes sink into poverty for the promise rhett o rick Oct 2015 #32

Before I retired I was making about 55k a year. Very suprised that this put me in the top Waldorf Oct 2015 #35

nothing to see here, folks; move along... nt TheFrenchRazor Oct 2015 #41

What Wall St shareholders demanded, Wall St firms got. raouldukelives Oct 2015 #42

K and R (nt) bigwillq Oct 2015 #43

nice numbers hfojvt Oct 2015 #47

UNEMPLOYMENT IS LOW GummyBearz Oct 2015 #49

Is Hillary addressing this issue? coyote Oct 2015 #50

The heat death of the universe hifiguy Oct 2015 #55

When Goldman Sachs CEO says coyote Oct 2015 #63

And they are supposed to be saving 2 million dollars for retirement. Matariki Oct 2015 #52

That's such a joke. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #56

Because, haha, social security was only ever meant to be a supplement Matariki Oct 2015 #64

I'll get right on that. grahamhgreen Oct 2015 #57

There really isn't that many jobs out there worth good pay anymore. ileus Oct 2015 #53

Computers have taken millions of office jobs, too. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #65

We automated a rock quarry one time in NJ, they only had 28 or so workers. ileus Oct 2015 #67