Posted by sunny10 on August 26, 2005, at 12:19:35
In reply to America: Land of the free, and the lazy, posted by AdaGrace on August 26, 2005, at 9:02:10
everything you wrote is true...
If you really need work, you should send this piece in to a newspaper as an editorial!!!
And I agree that this is not a political statement.
It is a statement rooted in American sociology... the what we have become.
I am middle class, but I only have $4000.00 in savings for my retirement (or, frankly, to move to another state where I can hopefully live for less). And I'm 38 yrs old. Still practically living paycheck to paycheck. With very bad credit from my ex-husband- no credit card at all for emergencies. Any emergency and my retirement money goes away faster than I put it aside.
I don't mind being middle class except for one thing. I see the same thing you do. And while the cost of living is rising, we are not getting any cost of living raises because our companies' CEO's aren't rich enough (in their minds).
From what I've been able to compute, I will have to live in a cardboard box in ten years because I won't be able to afford the rents. Because, no, I don't own a home. I've never made enough money to own a home.
But the rich people will remain rich while they work their import companies and pay lawyers to find tax shelters for them while I pay my share of taxes that I can't afford.
I hear ya, AdaGrace.
Scary future we've made for our children, isn't it?!?!
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