When I graduated from high school in 1962, my husband and I owned a three bedroom two bath house and two cars within a year. Most of the men who graduated with my class had similar paying jobs right out of high school. I didn’t work, didn’t need to. Most women didn’t, and those that did actually chose to work. Today, it’s not a choice for most families, and when those families break up, everyone is in poverty. When I did decide to go back to college, I paid $79 tuition for 15-18 hours of credit at SIU Edwardsville and we paid a $20 fee to rent whichever books we needed. Everyone could go to college, paying for it with a part time job. Since then American productivity and GNP have skyrocketed. But, Middle Class people don’t have anywhere near the advantages we did. And, with the cost of college, it’s darn near impossible to get a start, you already owe the cost of a house before you graduate college. If the American worker is the most productive in the world, and all the stats say they are, why are the prospects for the young people of today not better than they were for us?
The only thing that is going to save the Middle Class is the Middle Class. We are the 99%—- that means we have the votes to elect people who will actually represent middle class workers and provide a safety net for those who are trying to get into the middle class. Do your homework and find out who is working for you. If your rep is voting for the Middle Class, keep him, otherwise try the other party’s candidate. Keep at it until you find one who will actually vote for the Middle Class. If enough people did that, eventually there would be no selling out to the rich folks, because they would know it would mean they were getting voted out next election.
……………………………………………………………………………………….. If the candidate doesn’t have a voting record, find out who who is supporting them. That is who they will be working for. They have no choice if they want to stay in office. You have to do the bidding of whoever is paying your way, just the same as we all do in our jobs. So, before going to vote, look it up on the internet. Open Secrets is a good site, but there are plenty.
……………………………………………………………………………………………. If the candidate is getting their money from small donors or from unions, they are going to be working for middle class working people. If their donations are from corporations or from 1%ers, that’s who their votes are going to be working for. They are not going to go against them and do anything to help the middle class.
………………………………………………………………………………………….. It would be political suicide.
I think the Clark Kent comment is funnier. He thinks “the right” is promoting class separation (excuse me, the left has been in power for 8 years) but then his education couldn’t seem to help him spell a big word like Brazil.
ladykat almost 10 years ago
Auntie, we’re poor too.
sbchamp almost 10 years ago
I’m sure
sbchamp almost 10 years ago
Meyer approvesJohn D. nods“The Scarlet Ruse” ’74
ChessPirate almost 10 years ago
“Yes.”
Zen-of-Zinfandel almost 10 years ago
Prices for grass fed beef – whatta joke
Diane Lee Premium Member almost 10 years ago
When I graduated from high school in 1962, my husband and I owned a three bedroom two bath house and two cars within a year. Most of the men who graduated with my class had similar paying jobs right out of high school. I didn’t work, didn’t need to. Most women didn’t, and those that did actually chose to work. Today, it’s not a choice for most families, and when those families break up, everyone is in poverty. When I did decide to go back to college, I paid $79 tuition for 15-18 hours of credit at SIU Edwardsville and we paid a $20 fee to rent whichever books we needed. Everyone could go to college, paying for it with a part time job. Since then American productivity and GNP have skyrocketed. But, Middle Class people don’t have anywhere near the advantages we did. And, with the cost of college, it’s darn near impossible to get a start, you already owe the cost of a house before you graduate college. If the American worker is the most productive in the world, and all the stats say they are, why are the prospects for the young people of today not better than they were for us?
Diane Lee Premium Member almost 10 years ago
……………………………………………………………………………………….. If the candidate doesn’t have a voting record, find out who who is supporting them. That is who they will be working for. They have no choice if they want to stay in office. You have to do the bidding of whoever is paying your way, just the same as we all do in our jobs. So, before going to vote, look it up on the internet. Open Secrets is a good site, but there are plenty.
……………………………………………………………………………………………. If the candidate is getting their money from small donors or from unions, they are going to be working for middle class working people. If their donations are from corporations or from 1%ers, that’s who their votes are going to be working for. They are not going to go against them and do anything to help the middle class.
………………………………………………………………………………………….. It would be political suicide.
wherehaveallthetalentedartistsgone almost 10 years ago
I think the Clark Kent comment is funnier. He thinks “the right” is promoting class separation (excuse me, the left has been in power for 8 years) but then his education couldn’t seem to help him spell a big word like Brazil.