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To: i-node who wrote (46305)	6/19/2013 8:02:35 AM
From: Little Joe	3 Recommendations Recommended By i-node longnshort Paul Smith Respond to of 85487

If Koan is not the most close minded person on SI he is right near the top. lj

To: i-node who wrote (46305)	6/19/2013 10:04:20 AM
From: sm1th	1 Recommendation Recommended By i-node Respond to of 85487

So, you arbitrarily pick one of hundreds of possible correlations to focus on? It wasn't an arbitrary choice, it was the one best aligned with his religion.

To: i-node who wrote (46305)	6/22/2013 7:14:46 PM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 i-node Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Also, at least before the recession, the decline of the middle class was both 1 - Greatly exaggerated by almost anyone who talks about it 2 - As much or more from middle class people moving up, then from moving down. 3 - To the extent there was moving down it was often moving down relative to standards that moved up. Many people struggle to meet what they view as a middle class lifestyle today, but a middle class lifestyle today is a higher standard of living than what was considered a middle class lifestyle in say the 50s or 60s.