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In reply to the discussion: What did "middle class" mean to you when you were 20-30 something? [View all]SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)18. Oh my.. you were fancy!!
OUP pine board shelves had scrounged brick from a torn down building
we used a $10 card table for a dining table for about 8 years..with 4 for $10 folding chairs (we still have one of them and the table too) The table got so wobbly we had to use clothespins to keep it from collapsing.. If you got up too fast & weren't careful half a clothespin would shoot across the room if you bumped it..
Our coffee table was an old foot locker with a piece of masonite on top
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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