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fasttense

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10. This is the reason the middle class is now less than half of the US population

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Thu May 12, 2016, 12:19 PM

May 2016

The middle class alone in the US use to make up a majority. But with all the jobs that disappeared in 2008 and came back as minimum wage jobs, the poor have grown and the middle class has dwindled.

Soon the poor will be the majority. Thanks capitalism.

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The Collapse of the Middle-Class Job [View all] eridani May 2016 OP

Thanks for Posting! Sherman A1 May 2016 #1

Hollowing out of the income curve will leave many people with nowhere to go in society Baobab May 2016 #7

And try it when there are two of you, raven mad May 2016 #2

Guaranteed income. When there aren't enough jobs to go around, this is the only solution. reformist2 May 2016 #3

Requires the Psychopaths to let go Punx May 2016 #6

No, they will engage in economic dumping, basically forcing poor people to move elsewhere Baobab May 2016 #8

Okay -- NOW can we punch people who tell us to just get some more education and Nay May 2016 #4

Fine by me Punx May 2016 #5

No, thats fake, its all about cutting wages. Baobab May 2016 #9

This is the reason the middle class is now less than half of the US population fasttense May 2016 #10