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To: SilentZ who wrote (336285)5/3/2007 6:21:22 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1573749
 
Z, > The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and the middle class is disappearing. That's bad, right?

The rich are indeed getting richer.

I don't believe the poor are getting poorer, though, at least not in America.

And the whole "middle class" characterization is bogus. People making six-figure salaries call themselves "middle class." People who own homes much larger than mine, with a swimming pool in the backyard, and live in Southern California call themselves "middle class." People who can't afford to buy their teenage kids cars call themselves "lower middle class."

I don't subscribe to the whole "class warfare" notion. If you think about it, materially most of us here in America are all rich.

Tenchusatsu



To: SilentZ who wrote (336285)5/3/2007 7:20:02 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1573749
 
What I don't get is why a non-rich guy like Tench, owner of only one car, wage slave to his mortgage payment, invariably supports the rich getting richer. It's a puzzlement. Even honest rich guys like Warren Buffet and Bill Gates don't do it.


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