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The End of the Middle Class | 55 comments (55 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Certainly Not! Many of them have ... (none / 0)

When you have a PhD and earn median income, are you "working class"?

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun May 31st, 2009 at 02:00:20 PM EST
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Re: Certainly Not! Many of them have ... (4.00 / 5)

Only if you're working.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun May 31st, 2009 at 02:28:43 PM EST
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Re: Certainly Not! Many of them have ... (4.00 / 2)

You are until and unless you have accumulated enough wealth so that you need not work again if you do not wish to.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sun May 31st, 2009 at 05:02:46 PM EST
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Re: Certainly Not! Many of them have ... (none / 1)

so does that make pensioners upper class? after all the closer you get to death, the less you need to work to support yourself.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun May 31st, 2009 at 09:06:03 PM EST
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Re: Certainly Not! Many of them have ... (none / 1)

That's the problem with short definitions ... they are normally a bit ragged at the boundary.

If the "class" in working class is taken seriously, then it would depend on whether they are living on their own accumulated private wealth and the pension is a bit of extra pin money, or they are living on the social (public or private) pension.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Mon Jun 1st, 2009 at 01:24:40 PM EST
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