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That's an interesting definition. I used to go by the definition that the underclass was the non-tenured worker (McJobs) and the middle class was the tenured worker (officers, policemen, professors, tenured civil servants). The upper class was the fatcats.

But I can see the advantages of your way of defining things.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 05:12:52 PM EST
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Here's a proposition: it's not, in the main, the middle class by my definition that's suffering in the US these days. It's the middle income group that's being crushed. i don't know if it's true, but I have a strong suspicion ...
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 05:18:12 PM EST
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Your definition is as well what Fricke was talking about in the FTD.


Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den Menschen
Volker Pispers
by Martin (weiser.mensch(at)googlemail.com) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 05:19:56 PM EST
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