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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:14 PM Original message |
Middle class hanging by thread as rich get richer, poor get poorer |
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avenger64 (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Marx warned that when the members of the bourgeoisie begin .. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. But the polls say the Dems cannot beat McCain. |
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avenger64 (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. False Consciousness .... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Things certainly do seem to be heating up, don't they? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. "They play by the rules." If only Bushwipe and Crook Cheney would |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's far worse than this story indicates... |
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demgrrrll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Great article well worth reading. I shudder to think what is coming down |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Enron provided the first cautionary tale |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. i can tell you myself why she couldn't get another job |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. And, the question is, have they now started to see poor people in a more caring light? |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ohio is one of the hardest hit states |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. "it still went for Bush" |
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citygal (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Agreed. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. And this scenario is spreading all across the US... to the "New Poor" |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Good work, and it's why the suburbs |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Maybe that's why but also because there's no affordable housing in the cities anymore... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. When I left, I was paying $625 for a one bedroom in JP |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Then you know first hand! My nephew lived in a "zoo" in JP too! |
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citygal (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Chicago is the same... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
20. Great article. That could happen to anybody. K&R. nt |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
21. My trust-fund hippy-turned-Mepublican brother was giving me shit |
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Peace Teacher (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. This is certainly not an isolated case. It happens everyday... everywhere. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. I don't understand this. In one story they say the middle class is disappearing. |
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