Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think that the middle class has been redefined and no one had the guts to inform us. None of the people encountered are, IMO, middle class. Rather they are working (now non-working) poor. One of the distinctions between MC and WP is availability of resources from the previous generation and education, to name two. WP have none, nothing to fall back on, while to be middle class suggests there are some non-governmental safety nets available and some education, Masters these days, BA or BS is like a GED in 1984 and mostly useless. This, of course, doesn't even start to address the employment racism, bias, and discrimination in the good'ol USA. Too be classified as MC your income should have been at least 70,000 prior to unemployment and you should have at least a Master degree in something, else your were just working poor one paycheck away from homelessness. CS On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > Doesn't seem to matter to our officials in DC.................. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> > To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:31 PM > Subject: [Leica] Steinbeck and Lange > > > > LUG: >> >> Scary stuff: >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/**world-us-canada-14296682<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14296682> >> >> Tina >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- Chris Saganich www.imagebrooklyn.com