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Thanks guys for all the imput. I was busy working on a carpenter ant problem.
Ok, for the purpose of clairity let me list a list of topics for this thread.
1 Age discrimination in general 2 Medical expense's 3 Medical care 4 Tort reform 5 declining buying power 6 Abuse of Professional people 7 Discrimination against middle aged women 8 Caring for our elderly parents 9 Debt 10 Dealing with the pitfalls of middle age in this new society 11 Fear of financial insecurity where there should be none 12 Are our homes at jeopardy, more so now becouse of coming Tort reforms, regarding B/K 13 Alternative minimum tax laws
glassman, is the above a little more specific fer ya.LOL
P.S 1 last major headache, carpenter ants and termites!
Posts: 10729 | From: oregon | Registered: Feb 2005
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How about #14 No middle class means communism wins. 99% in poverty receiving bread crumbs from the three people who comprise the upper crust. #15 capitalism Wins: thirty percent of us are losers and will remain poor. Fifty percent are reasonably capable and are living as such. Twenty percent are more than capable and are living as such. Yeah I like number fifteen seems more real... more honest.
-------------------- Spend Word For Word With Me And I Shall Make Your Wit Bankrupt Posts: 161 | From: Here | Registered: Jul 2005
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ya ever think it's just the normal course of a changing economy? tthe U.S. has been based on manufacturing for close to 100 years. history says everything changes & maybe during that change many do get hurt for a time, even a whole generation but on the other side things look brighter. the U.S. has become a place of sue everyone for anything. there are no more accidents in the US, everything is someone else's fault. we are becoming a country of victims not taking responsibility for our own actions. if something goes wrong sue somebody. this attitude can not make a country stronger. there is no perfect place where nothing ever goes wrong. at the same time greed of big business will cause ppl to get hurt. the solution is very difficult. tort reform is needed but not at the loss of going after big business that doesn't care about safety of the buyer.
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Middle class? Weren't those the people that worked at General Moters and Montgomery Ward and in a thousand huge offices in New York City and Denver and Seattle and whose jos are now in Mexico and India? You know, the ones with insurance and vacation time and belonged to loyal industry groups even into retirement. Hey...and they had retirement.
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bdgee, good point. I am not so sure the Darwinion theory of survival of the fitest is going to is be the best course for our declining middle class to follow.....
From the heart, we know as a decent society we can not survive as a dog eat dog group, only functioning to serve our own desires.
This huge loss of decent middle age and middle class bread winners is becoming an American tradgedy.
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Hell, I gave up thinking about those items (1 thru ??). With the politicians we have voted into office, nothing will change. It will only get worse. Doesn't matter which party. In addition to screwing us every which way and back, they find ways to waste billions of dollars on pork barrel riders. Maybe if they were given free reign, they would end up fighting each other and terminate both. Then, we might be able to start over again. Sure, Wallace, sure.
PS: Real problem is that there are too many vested interests in politics.
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