The U.S. Middle Class is being wiped out....

More examples of the gap widening to Grand Canyon size between the "haves" and the "have nots":

http://tiny.cc/xpbru

This is scary as hell.

 

This Country is officially a SWEATSHOP.

 

Could someone define the middle class?

 

There's no set definition, but this wikipedia page, especially the last section, is a pretty good indicator of what is going on:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_middle_class

Here's another:

http://www.ehow.com/about_5212740_average-middle-class-salary-range_.html

And another:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/middle-class-income-range.html

 

Not even. Sweatshop workers have JOBS.

 

The wage slaves who have decent credit.

 

The United States is slowly dying. Our young people who are critical for it's future survival are at a point in which they cannot compete globally. The schools would rather teach how to put a condom on a cucumber than teaching calculus. We are like the Roman Empire.

 

:smt043:smt043:smt043

 

:lol:

 

nothing lasts forever, moneygrip (the British and French Empires, Communism, etc)

like someone said before, we've (the US) have been whipping everyone elses' ass for hundreds of years, we're bound to get one soon..

just make sure you're enjoying yourself as the ship goes down

artyman:

 

:lol::lol::lol:

 

LOL! It's true though.

I read or heard somewhere that democracies, as a rule, only last for about 200-300 years? I'm too stressed to go look it up. LOL.

In either case, we can't remain the dominant force forever. Every great nation has fallen. Maybe we're witnessing the U.S. in the waning years of its existence as we know it. Who knows? :smt102

 

People have been sounding the alarm for over 25 years but nobody cared until white, suburban, mainstream America started hurting.

 

The world's oldest continuous democracy is Iceland, it has had a legislative assembly since 930 AD. The second oldest continuous democracy is Switzerland having a democratic system in place since the year 1291.

Iceland and Switzerland have the oldest continuous democracies up to now.

 

:smt023

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Dr. Micheal Hudson on The United States Economy...

 

Go to the front of the line - :smt023