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Related: About this forum>>> Why America's MIDDLE CLASS is Shrinking <<<
AJ+ explains what's killing America's middle class when the rich are getting richer and the rest of us are getting poorer.
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>>> Why America's MIDDLE CLASS is Shrinking <<< (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Nov 2015
OP
Know Thy Enemy - Oligarchs, Corporations, Banks And Their Media Minions And MIC Henchmen
cantbeserious
Nov 2015
#1
the middle class is a phony construct created by the 1% ers to make us feel good about being
msongs
Nov 2015
#6
Constructed & artifice in some respects yet a middle class improved life for many.
appalachiablue
Nov 2015
#7
We need a candidate for President who shares these beliefs...oh my it's that Senator from
drynberg
Nov 2015
#10
We are very lucky to have fighter for the people and representative Bernie Sanders.
appalachiablue
Nov 2015
#11
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)1. Know Thy Enemy - Oligarchs, Corporations, Banks And Their Media Minions And MIC Henchmen
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appalachiablue
(41,171 posts)2. Amen.
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)8. And the politicians owned by all of those groups.
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)3. Kicking
appalachiablue
(41,171 posts)4. This brief video packs a lot of punch about a disturbing reality.
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)5. Bookmarked so I can show others...
msongs
(67,441 posts)6. the middle class is a phony construct created by the 1% ers to make us feel good about being
controlled. that we will do what they want so as to avoid being dumped into the next lower class, "the poor".
appalachiablue
(41,171 posts)7. Constructed & artifice in some respects yet a middle class improved life for many.
If you prefer a society with a more authentic lower class and upper class system with no middle class, go for it.
MasonDreams
(756 posts)9. He who has the gold makes the rules and he who has the gun takes the gold.
To those who have hunger, give bread
To those who have bread, give a hunger for justice.
drynberg
(1,648 posts)10. We need a candidate for President who shares these beliefs...oh my it's that Senator from
Vermont...you must have heard of him...Bernie something...
appalachiablue
(41,171 posts)11. We are very lucky to have fighter for the people and representative Bernie Sanders.
He observed and called out the declining American middle class for decades. And he was right.
Feel the Bern, Join the Political Revolution- Sanders 2016!
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)12. We are very lucky indeed.