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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 06:42 PM
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2 graphs *psst* the middle class is getting screwed




http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/04/how-to-think-about-taxes-and-the-rich/38947/
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 06:47 PM
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1. Why do you hate 'murika? nt
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Newest Reality Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 06:58 PM
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2. Just get your thimble of bounty ....
hold it out and wait. It trickles down, ya' know. Catch it skillfully. That's the ticket!

Now it may be brownish yellow and not smell very good, but pay that no attention. Given time, it turns GREEN.
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 07:02 PM
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3. "Middle Class"
If y'all can't afford to get your teeth fixed, can you really call yourself "middle class"?

If you can't afford a vacation, are you middle class?

If your refrigerator breaks, and fixig it means you have to radically alter your spending for that month, are you middle class?

PS. Add you own, it's fun! In fact, it might be fun to start a thread! I will!
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Igel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 10:26 PM
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4. Rates versus payments.
Words vs reality.

The former are easy to research out. The latter, a bit messier and harder to come by, but they're the only facts that matter.

Still, we're constantly feted with the former as though they were meaningful.
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