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AgerolanAmerican

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11. The working class generally wants to be middle class

Reply to akbacchus_BC (Original post)

Sun Apr 3, 2016, 08:50 AM

Apr 2016

Economically, that's the next step up - and who wouldn't want to be in a better economic position?

Other than the elites, everyone is either in the middle class or wants to be.

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I will try again! How come the politicians only care about the middle class [View all] akbacchus_BC Apr 2016 OP

I don't think that Bernie Sanders only cares about the middle class. He talks about working people highprincipleswork Apr 2016 #1

I think when people say they want to help the middle class they usually mean they want to grow applegrove Apr 2016 #2

Because a lot of people think they are middle class Kalidurga Apr 2016 #3

My mom took vacations growing up Recursion Apr 2016 #7

I have to say I agree with you on this. Expectations in general have raccoon Apr 2016 #9

Economists always regarded the middle class as fairly Hortensis Apr 2016 #10

My parent's mortgage was $93.00 a month. Mine is not. Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #12

My mom's is pretty nostalgic; my dad's not at all Recursion Apr 2016 #13

To repeat from the earlier thread nitpicker Apr 2016 #4

Actually, it's even more precarious for the marginal workers nitpicker Apr 2016 #5

Because the elites have always managed to fool working class people that malaise Apr 2016 #6

With the possible exception of Bernie... sendero Apr 2016 #8

The working class generally wants to be middle class AgerolanAmerican Apr 2016 #11

Working class, middle class, what's the difference? We're all 99 percenters. n/t Populist_Prole Apr 2016 #14

Nobody wants to consider themselves working class even though they are. Odin2005 Apr 2016 #15