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Omaha Steve

(99,646 posts) Mon Oct 1, 2012, 06:43 PM Oct 2012

Nickel and Dimed from The American Ruling Class! (What living on $7 an hour actually means)

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Nickel and Dimed from The American Ruling Class! (What living on $7 an hour actually means) (Original Post) Omaha Steve Oct 2012 OP

Powerful! Carolina Oct 2012 #1

Different from what I expected but I liked it. Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #2

Nostalgic! LeighAnn Oct 2012 #4

I can't rec this enough. limpyhobbler Oct 2012 #3

Carolina

(6,960 posts)

1. Powerful!

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2012, 07:00 PM

Oct 2012

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)

2. Different from what I expected but I liked it.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2012, 07:05 PM

Oct 2012

I liked the older gentleman's sagacity tempering the young corporate ladder climber's enthusiasm, and the way Barbara told the truth to him in uncomfortable to realize honest terms.

LeighAnn

(2,446 posts)

4. Nostalgic!

Reply to Populist_Prole (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 1, 2012, 08:50 PM

Oct 2012

I wonder where this came from. Love those old computer monitors!

It's true and still applies in 2012, except a lot of those people probably don't have jobs anymore

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)

3. I can't rec this enough.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2012, 07:51 PM

Oct 2012

I love this quote from around 4:40 into the video.

When Jack countered with statements about the role of large philanthropic donations by billionaire tycoons on society, Ehrenreich replied simply: “The real philanthropists in our society are the people who work for less than they can actually live on. Because they are giving their time and their energy and their talents, all the time, so that people like you can be dressed well and fed cheaply and so on. They are giving to you.”

http://hpronline.org/books-arts/the-american-ruling-class/

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