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The American middle class: disappearing?

December 12, 2009

Last week I read this article about America without a middle class by Elizabeth Warren and am still digesting its and my thoughts. Today, one in five Americans is unemployed, underemployed or just plain out of work. One in nine families can't make the minimum payment on their credit cards. One in eight mortgages is [...]

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Money honey!

June 1, 2008

The mother of a friend had donated money to the Republican Party – and after she went to live with my friend, she then got email from them at my friend’s address. The friend, a Democrat, never told the Repugs that the mother had died [1991] because she so enjoys the emails and loves sending [...]

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Interesting tidbits of news

November 13, 2007

Clips from The Progress Report The “hidden” economic costs to the United States of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so far total approximately $1.5 trillion, costing the average U.S. family of four more than $20,000. The total includes higher oil prices, the expense of treating wounded veterans, and interest payments on the money borrowed [...]

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