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2015-12-11 Economy

Solving the mystery of the disappearing middle class

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-12-11 10:08|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Mystery? We've been saying since at least the 1920's that socialism would kill the middle class.

Posted by Iblis 2015-12-11 11:55|| 2015-12-11 11:55|| Front Page Top

#2 They're not disappearing, only priced out of existence.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2015-12-11 14:42|| 2015-12-11 14:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Why is anyone surprised?

"Middleclassness" and the pursuit thereof is a sin in Obama's religion.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-12-11 14:46|| 2015-12-11 14:46|| Front Page Top

#4 That which you reward you get more of.
That which you punish you get less of.
This is not a difficult concept.

Posted by Nguard 2015-12-11 14:58|| 2015-12-11 14:58|| Front Page Top

#5 They're not disappearing, they're just more selective...

Posted by Steve White 2015-12-11 17:44|| 2015-12-11 17:44|| Front Page Top

#6 The middle classes are almost non existant. Who outside rentier jobs can afford to employ one assistant full time? (that's the typical entry level middle class).

Collapse in Land affordability has ruined the youth too.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-12-11 18:17|| 2015-12-11 18:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Once the merchant class understood that they could make more off the middle class than the upper class, the plundering was inevitable.

Posted by ed in texas 2015-12-11 20:17|| 2015-12-11 20:17|| Front Page Top

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