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Re: OT : what is middle class poverty?
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Posted by dhermesc on January 11, 2007 at 09:48:50 from (68.110.220.22):
In Reply to: OT : what is middle class poverty? posted by Dave from MN on January 11, 2007 at 05:04:21:
Remember what being middle class used to be? I hate to bring in TV but look at a few shows in history that defined middle class;
The Honeymooners: Hubby drove a bus, lived in a one bedroom apartment, wife did odd jobs to earn money to help pay the rent - today they'd be working poor with food stamps. Leave it to Beaver: Dad was a engineer with a college degree that served in the Army. They had a nice house, but nothign beyond basic appliances, only one TV, one car, and when Wally wanted one he went out and earned the money himself. When the kids wanted money they picked up jobs like mowing yards and delivering papers. Wife cooked and cleaned and they seldom went out top eat. All in the Family: Dad had a union job on the loading docks. To help make ends meet he drove a cab some evenings and weekends. They lived in a older 2 bedroom bungalo, didn't own a car and the wife cooked cleaned and made some of her husbands cloths. Eating out was a special occassion and Archie had a cigar while watching the game or the fight. They had one TV and vacations were visits to relatives. They'd probably be on food stamps too.
------------------------------------------------ 20-30-40 years ago the above were solid working class people as defined by the era. Today people living the same way would looked down as lower middle class scratching to get by.
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