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General Discussion => The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit => Topic started by: sys on May 17, 2018, 06:46:26 PM

Title: the upper middle class
Post by: sys on May 17, 2018, 06:46:26 PM

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/the-birth-of-a-new-american-aristocracy/559130/

long article.

Title: Re: the upper middle class
Post by: renocat on May 17, 2018, 07:17:10 PM

Doing pretty good until Obama came along with his communist healthcare.  Pay premiums and out of pocket and never even get money for a claim.  The gap between us deplorables and the pinky lifters got a whole lot bigger under the Great Hoax, Obama.

Title: Re: the upper middle class
Post by: chum1 on May 17, 2018, 09:05:07 PM

Lots of great anecdotes. My favorite is Aunt Sarah.

Title: Re: the upper middle class
Post by: sys on May 17, 2018, 09:38:50 PM

author did a great job of dropping them in just often enough to keep you reading.

Title: Re: the upper middle class
Post by: wetwillie on May 17, 2018, 09:47:36 PM

I wouldn’t have read it if it was about the 10%, but since it was 9.9% I read it.

Title: Re: the upper middle class
Post by: sonofdaxjones on May 18, 2018, 06:25:42 AM

Quote from: sys on May 17, 2018, 06:46:26 PM

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/the-birth-of-a-new-american-aristocracy/559130/

long article.

Great cut and paste as always sys.  Care to add anything besides the equal to, “boy, this a fantastic sauce to pair with grilled salmon”?

Title: the upper middle class
Post by: sonofdaxjones on May 18, 2018, 06:39:43 AM

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/17/america-gilded-age-excesses-extremes-mansions-homeless-trump/610748002/

http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/17/news/economy/us-middle-class-basics-study/index.html

Title: the upper middle class
Post by: sonofdaxjones on May 18, 2018, 06:43:39 AM

It's good to see after an 8 year hiatus (during which the wealth gap accelerated significantly) that there's once again focus on the homeless. 

Title: Re: the upper middle class
Post by: 114Hickory on May 18, 2018, 07:40:57 AM

Somewhat related:

http://time.com/5280446/baby-boomer-generation-america-steve-brill/ (http://time.com/5280446/baby-boomer-generation-america-steve-brill/)

Title: Re: the upper middle class
Post by: star seed 7 on May 18, 2018, 07:42:10 AM

Sys, you're going to need a more cryptic title to hook dax

Title: Re: the upper middle class
Post by: sonofdaxjones on May 18, 2018, 07:44:16 AM

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on May 18, 2018, 07:42:10 AM

Sys, you're going to need a more cryptic title to hook dax

Oh look, Lib not getting it.  What a surprise.