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UltraShy · 01-02-2008, 05:26 AM

"and the middle class are getting screwed" Or maybe not. Read the article below:

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/Walt ... e_mobility

Lilfly · 01-02-2008, 07:13 AM

Mark Twain:"There are lies,damn lies and statistics"

I think an out-of-work auto maker might disagree with that article.
Or the person who is losing their house due to the mortage collapse.
Or the single parent who spends the bulk of their meager income on child-care.

Just some thoughts,

WinterDave · 01-02-2008, 08:41 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/03/Dobbs.Oct4/index.html

copper · 01-02-2008, 09:23 AM

I have been doing pretty good, but I have no debts. I have no student loans to pay back, I paid off my house in back in 2001, and I own my vehicle outright. I also don't have a wife spending all my money and have no kids which helps quite of bit.

WineKitty · 01-02-2008, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by copper

I have been doing pretty good, but I have no debts. I have no student loans to pay back, I paid off my house in back in 2001, and I own my vehicle outright. I also don't have a wife spending all my money and have no kids which helps quite of bit.

Fortunately, my husband (who makes significantly more than me) and I put our money together and its OUR money, we dont view it as "my" money or "his" money. We work as a team. I wouldnt want to be in a mine and yours marriage, although I know plenty of them exist out there. But that would not be for me. I make a decent amount of money per month and I dont hoard it calling it MINE. Like I said, maybe lots of marriages do not work that way, but I wouldnt be married if mine did.

I have moved up quite a bit in the last 5 years but I dont feel a part of any statistic or its because of anything except choices I have made, sacrifices I have made, or other personal things that have gone on.

Becky · 01-02-2008, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Penny

Quote:

Originally Posted by copper

I have been doing pretty good, but I have no debts. I have no student loans to pay back, I paid off my house in back in 2001, and I own my vehicle outright. I also don't have a wife spending all my money and have no kids which helps quite of bit.

Fortunately, my husband (who makes significantly more than me) and I put our money together and its OUR money, we dont view it as "my" money or "his" money. We work as a team. I wouldnt want to be in a mine and yours marriage, although I know plenty of them exist out there. But that would not be for me. I make a decent amount of money per month and I dont hoard it calling it MINE. Like I said, maybe lots of marriages do not work that way, but I wouldnt be married if mine did.

With me and Brian all my money is mine and all his money is mine. It works quite well for us that way

01-02-2008, 05:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
UltraShy Status: Surrounded by Sadness Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI (BDSM sadist, Libertarian) Gender: Male Age: 40 Posts: 35,049	"The Rich Are Getting Richer"... "and the middle class are getting screwed" Or maybe not. Read the article below: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/Walt ... e_mobility __________________ I wonder what reason I have to live Desperately I have searched for a meaning Is it now time for me to let go of the world

01-02-2008, 07:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
Lilfly Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: hiding out with Sayid Age: 52 Posts: 389	Re: "The Rich Are Getting Richer"... Mark Twain:"There are lies,damn lies and statistics" I think an out-of-work auto maker might disagree with that article. Or the person who is losing their house due to the mortage collapse. Or the single parent who spends the bulk of their meager income on child-care. Just some thoughts, __________________ Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals. Agnes Repplier

01-02-2008, 08:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
WinterDave Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 8,192	Re: "The Rich Are Getting Richer"... http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/03/Dobbs.Oct4/index.html __________________ http://www.demandaction.org/

01-02-2008, 09:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
copper Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Keweenaw Peninsula Michigan Age: 42 Posts: 10,308	Re: "The Rich Are Getting Richer"... I have been doing pretty good, but I have no debts. I have no student loans to pay back, I paid off my house in back in 2001, and I own my vehicle outright. I also don't have a wife spending all my money and have no kids which helps quite of bit. __________________ troll: man, we got a lot of snow yooper: eh? troll: three feet, man! yooper: yah troll: no school, man, it was sweet yooper: you closed school for three feet of snow?!?!??!? troll: you like excessive punctuation, don't you?

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