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In reply to the discussion: What did "middle class" mean to you when you were 20-30 something? [View all]Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)12. Same here
I checked the mail each day expecting a letter telling me they were joking. My payment was $247 a month and I had no idea how I was going to do it. I was scared to death. It was a 2 bedroom brick built in 1927 that I paid $24.500 sold it 10 years later for $48000 and just drove past it last week. Checked on the web and it's up for $25K just over what I paid for it in 1977. Been rehabbed and I didn't like what I saw in the photos, but interesting none the less.
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More and more Americans today are in the lower straits of society financially, but many think
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#7
How funny you should bring this topic up. I was thinking this morning and telling my
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#16
I always thought "A Raisin in the Sun" was a good example of moving the middle
Heather MC
Dec 2012
#22
Things are like they are now b/c the rich and corporations bought their politicians.
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#32
right now I'd consider being middle class being able to pay my insurance premiums and copays
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#38