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Cal33

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6. The middle-class was actually doing quite well for some decades after World War II, then along

Reply to yurbud (Reply #5)

Wed May 14, 2014, 11:05 AM

May 2014

came Reagan. But, of course, during the decades before World War II, it was the corporations
that were on the rise. This situation seems to be changing back and forth: Corporations -
Middle Class - Corporations -

Is it time for the Middle Class again? The coming elections in November may give us a hint.

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Wilkerson is just short of this century's Smedley Butler when it comes to pulling back the curtain yurbud May 2014 #1

That is pretty much what I see. bemildred May 2014 #2

like Bill Hicks said about every new president being called into a room with the richest guys yurbud May 2014 #3

What a sad state for anyone to be in. Yet here's where we've been for decades! Can people become Cal33 May 2014 #4

their time is running out. just as the business class realized they didn't need monarchs and nobles yurbud May 2014 #5

The middle-class was actually doing quite well for some decades after World War II, then along Cal33 May 2014 #6