LET'S GET TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER, THE DISAPPEARING MIDDLE CLASS. | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22089462 Netherlands 10/01/2012 02:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's simple really. The west has been forced by itself to compete to SE-Asia on wages through "the holy grail of free trade". Which means higher profit margins for the companies and higher pay for the rich but a "normal" working guy will make less. What then ultimately ends up happening is that the "normal" guy can't afford jack shit anymore while the rich can afford even more. |
smokahontas
User ID: 925590 Canada 10/01/2012 02:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is generational... The Middle class are mostly baby boomers and older Gen X ers... The baby boomers told their children that they did not have to work as hard as they did, to go to college and get a degree, make good money buy a house... We did and got liberal arts degree's and are opposed to sweating to earn a living. Unions demanding more and more turned even the most idiotic G.M. worker into the middle class...Unable to replicate that pay anywhere else, and since the trade agreements we have closed 56,000 factories in ten years. Our numberone export is Trash Number two the dollar. Even if you brought back all the factories closed you would be hard pressed to get anyone to work in them. The Gen x and Millinuem generations are spoiled, lazy, dumbed down, complacient consumers...THey do not want to work hard, sweat or wear a uniform... they have been taught to feel entitled. There is no way to stop this collapse it is neccessary. The problem is americans think it wont happen here, which is what isures that it will. "I may not agree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire "Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored." Aldous Huxley |
*Heisenberg*
(OP) User ID: 21948600 United States 10/01/2012 02:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is generational... The Middle class are mostly baby boomers and older Gen X ers... The baby boomers told their children that they did not have to work as hard as they did, to go to college and get a degree, make good money buy a house... We did and got liberal arts degree's and are opposed to sweating to earn a living. Unions demanding more and more turned even the most idiotic G.M. worker into the middle class...Unable to replicate that pay anywhere else, and since the trade agreements we have closed 56,000 factories in ten years. Our numberone export is Trash Number two the dollar. Even if you brought back all the factories closed you would be hard pressed to get anyone to work in them. The Gen x and Millinuem generations are spoiled, lazy, dumbed down, complacient consumers...THey do not want to work hard, sweat or wear a uniform... they have been taught to feel entitled. There is no way to stop this collapse it is neccessary. The problem is americans think it wont happen here, which is what isures that it will. Quoting: smokahontas Great post. Very good points. |
smokahontas
User ID: 925590 Canada 10/01/2012 02:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is sad the state we are in, but it is the evolution of society... Has been repeating since we have been upright. Human nature is the basic cause for all of this. The easier life is, the lazier we get, The more we have the more we want. Greed will always exist and man will always give in to that. All democracies/Republics end in tyranny...Its the only way to go. You allow the majority to rule and they will always vote in their own self interest, which leads to fiscal collapse. They have brainwashed the masses to follow and consume, based on their understandin and maniplation of Human Nature. "I may not agree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire "Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored." Aldous Huxley |
*Heisenberg*
(OP) User ID: 21948600 United States 10/01/2012 02:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is sad the state we are in, but it is the evolution of society... Has been repeating since we have been upright. Human nature is the basic cause for all of this. The easier life is, the lazier we get, The more we have the more we want. Greed will always exist and man will always give in to that. All democracies/Republics end in tyranny...Its the only way to go. You allow the majority to rule and they will always vote in their own self interest, which leads to fiscal collapse. They have brainwashed the masses to follow and consume, based on their understandin and maniplation of Human Nature. Quoting: smokahontas Well, which do you think has a bigger influence on us right now? Human nature, and natural cycles? Or the elite through behavior manipulation to just be a dumbed down consumer? |
smokahontas
User ID: 925590 Canada 10/01/2012 02:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The elite have controlled Education sice 1921, Look up the Reese committee. They use prpoganda, subliminal messages, Flicker rate, ect.ect. so I do not think the masses have a chance to change what has been made into their Human Nature. We have been shaped for so long by the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Carnagies, Ect ect I do not think it can be fixed without a total collapse. They will devalue the dollar, most likely declare martial law.. a breif hyperinflation and half the population dead in a year. Then who left willl have one world government, currency and we will all probably work for one corporation. At that point there may be revolution, man always wakes up, just usually too late to avoid the SHTF.. "I may not agree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire "Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored." Aldous Huxley |
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*Heisenberg*
(OP) User ID: 21948600 United States 10/01/2012 02:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The elite have controlled Education sice 1921, Look up the Reese committee. They use prpoganda, subliminal messages, Flicker rate, ect.ect. so I do not think the masses have a chance to change what has been made into their Human Nature. We have been shaped for so long by the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Carnagies, Ect ect I do not think it can be fixed without a total collapse. They will devalue the dollar, most likely declare martial law.. a breif hyperinflation and half the population dead in a year. Then who left willl have one world government, currency and we will all probably work for one corporation. At that point there may be revolution, man always wakes up, just usually too late to avoid the SHTF.. Quoting: smokahontas I hear ya. Although, if it's in our nature to rise up after shtf, and a collapse is what we need so we can start over, why would tptb be pushing for it? Do they believe their police state is too strong? If they manipulate our behavior and nature....wouldn't they see a revolution coming? Is that what Patriot act, and NDAA are for? Will we be able to overcome the police state, or will we be doomed to a NWO orwellian nightmare? |
*Heisenberg*
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Writemeaticket Red
User ID: 6120896 United States 10/01/2012 02:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is generational... The Middle class are mostly baby boomers and older Gen X ers... The baby boomers told their children that they did not have to work as hard as they did, to go to college and get a degree, make good money buy a house... We did and got liberal arts degree's and are opposed to sweating to earn a living. Unions demanding more and more turned even the most idiotic G.M. worker into the middle class...Unable to replicate that pay anywhere else, and since the trade agreements we have closed 56,000 factories in ten years. Our number one export is trash, number two the dollar. Even if you brought back all the closed factories, you would be hard pressed to get anyone to work in them. The Gen x and Millennium generations are spoiled, lazy, dumbed down, complacent consumers...They do not want to work hard, sweat or wear a uniform... they have been taught to feel entitled. There is no way to stop this collapse it is necessary. The problem is Americans think it won't happen here, which is what assures that it will. Quoting: smokahontas Damn - I kinda agree with you Smokahontas. Good point. On this bitch since 2004. 7th Gen Texan - Come and take it! |
Writemeaticket Red
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*Heisenberg*
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*Heisenberg*
(OP) User ID: 21948600 United States 10/01/2012 02:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is generational... The Middle class are mostly baby boomers and older Gen X ers... The baby boomers told their children that they did not have to work as hard as they did, to go to college and get a degree, make good money buy a house... We did and got liberal arts degree's and are opposed to sweating to earn a living. Unions demanding more and more turned even the most idiotic G.M. worker into the middle class...Unable to replicate that pay anywhere else, and since the trade agreements we have closed 56,000 factories in ten years. Our number one export is trash, number two the dollar. Even if you brought back all the closed factories, you would be hard pressed to get anyone to work in them. The Gen x and Millennium generations are spoiled, lazy, dumbed down, complacent consumers...They do not want to work hard, sweat or wear a uniform... they have been taught to feel entitled. There is no way to stop this collapse it is necessary. The problem is Americans think it won't happen here, which is what assures that it will. Quoting: smokahontas Damn - I kinda agree with you Smokahontas. Good point. Yes, she hit on some great points. |
*Heisenberg*
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smokahontas
User ID: 925590 Canada 10/01/2012 02:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "I may not agree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire "Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored." Aldous Huxley |
smokahontas
User ID: 925590 Canada 10/01/2012 03:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The FEMA camp will have a flashing neon sign that says... THREE HOTS AND A COT FREE INTERNET AND CABLE PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED 80% of the population will line up to get in, the PTB are more than capable of handling the rest. "I may not agree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire "Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored." Aldous Huxley |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23217961 United States 10/01/2012 03:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | All fine and good to get rid of the fed, the only problem would be the unintended consequences. I promise you they are there, they always are when it comes to these matters. Blame capitalism if you want but the issue lays bare in usury. I'm not so sure that 80% of our problems will be solved instantly there Charlie. It's a bigger mess than the fed alone and I rarely hear anyone on this forum who speaks to the real problem. We don't build anything here Charlie except for weapons and weapon delivery systems. The fed lost control of that cabal years ago. I'll get back to you on my Ipad. |
ScrumpTheTexan
Forum Administrator User ID: 10844865 United States 10/01/2012 03:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is generational... The Middle class are mostly baby boomers and older Gen X ers... The baby boomers told their children that they did not have to work as hard as they did, to go to college and get a degree, make good money buy a house... We did and got liberal arts degree's and are opposed to sweating to earn a living. Unions demanding more and more turned even the most idiotic G.M. worker into the middle class...Unable to replicate that pay anywhere else, and since the trade agreements we have closed 56,000 factories in ten years. Our numberone export is Trash Number two the dollar. Even if you brought back all the factories closed you would be hard pressed to get anyone to work in them. The Gen x and Millinuem generations are spoiled, lazy, dumbed down, complacient consumers...THey do not want to work hard, sweat or wear a uniform... they have been taught to feel entitled. There is no way to stop this collapse it is neccessary. The problem is americans think it wont happen here, which is what isures that it will. Quoting: smokahontas I am a Christian. Christian does not equal doormat or pushover "I Have Sworn upon the Altar of God... Eternal Hostility against every form of Tyranny over the mind of man." -Thomas Jefferson, Sep. 23, 1800 The Election of Donald John Trump: [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] For previous Newsletters, click 'Scrump's News Letters' @ [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23487446 United States 10/01/2012 03:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The big problem is in this country you have a large numbers that don't want to work and live on the dole and reap benefits from those who work those who work are becoming less and less due to lay offs and other this is one big problem In times past; the mind set of this country was TO work now it is just to scum off someone else's work |
smokahontas
User ID: 925590 Canada 10/01/2012 03:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Remember, everything Hitler did was legal." MLK "Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob a country." David Gorzinski "I may not agree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire "Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored." Aldous Huxley |
Evil Cretin
User ID: 1217128 United States 10/01/2012 03:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is a great thread so far, I have not disagreed with one poster so far. Unfortunately my belief is that the middle class is gone for good and there is no way to peacefully save this republic. Free speech is never free. Well I know it wasn't you who held me down Heaven knows it wasn't you who set me free So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains And we never even know we have the key - Eagles |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23487446 United States 10/01/2012 03:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson Quoting: smokahontas "Remember, everything Hitler did was legal." MLK "Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob a country." David Gorzinski One man has many banks interesting |
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smokahontas
User ID: 925590 Canada 10/01/2012 03:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There is no way to peacfully save it, that is why they make sure that the average american has no idea what is going on, Cannot filter information or critically think. You cannot overthrow a intellegent well informed society so they made sure that we are not. "I do not want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers." Distracted at every level american sheep do not understand their government, most do not know how many branches there are as a result have no idea whom to blame for this mess. They are taught a controlled version of history, economics, political science. Just look at who writes the text books. It is by design. So a populas too stupid to see they live in an inverted totalitarian state are not going to fight to stop it from being an outright dictatorship. So we will have that before a revolution is possible... Gotta thin the herd. "I may not agree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire "Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored." Aldous Huxley |
Writemeaticket Red
User ID: 6120896 United States 10/01/2012 03:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think part of the reason for TDMC is, in adding to Smokahontas' post, where we've evolved to in society as a whole within the microcosm of the U.S. -- and, frankly, in countries and cultures that "mimic" our social way of life. Greed, entitlement, consumerism, laziness and fast food instant-gratification ways of approaching our lives are the psychological factors, and have become the lowered-bar norm. I am from the middle class generation. We weren't rich, we weren't poor, my parents had an average home and 2 inexpensive cars, and always had food on the table. I worked in HS, all my peers worked in HS and we used that money to buy the things our parents didn't furnish, or to put a tank of gas back into their car we borrowed - because no one bought us a car. We didn't get $150 jeans when it came to buying back to school clothes, or $150 tennis shoes. We got $25 jeans from the Gap and some shirts. If I wanted a Polo, I bought it. If I went to the movies with buddies, I paid my way. I had no allowance. In college, I paid for my tuition, my books, my food, entertainment, etc. either via a student loan (that I worked to pay back in later years), or via the 2 jobs I had in college. What that did was teach my peers and I to appreciate and value what we obtained. But today... You rarely see the average young person working a job in high school, nor working their way though college, and taking any job they can get right out of college. You see people driving BMW's and Lexus', and any other $50K car they can buy or lease to impress others and because they think they deserve it. Sure, I've worked hard all my life, but do I really deserve that much of a vehicle? Do I need that much of a vehicle? I overhear female co-workers talking about special-ordering $200 jeans, and hitting Nordstrom's every Saturday for the latest in fashion, and bragging about maxing out their credit cards. Why? We live in an average neighborhood, in an average-priced home, yet see neighbors who we assume are of about the same household income as we have drive expensive cars, go out to eat every night, go to the movies, etc. and have someone else mow their lawns. Why? At my company, they brag about more profit by sending jobs out to off-shore contractors, and hire slick execs from other states, when they could support the local economy? Why? I think all the above has added to the economic downturn and shrinking middle class, but I mostly think it's about shrinking values. When did we become so shallow? On this bitch since 2004. 7th Gen Texan - Come and take it! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23487446 United States 10/01/2012 03:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There is no way to peacfully save it, that is why they make sure that the average american has no idea what is going on, Cannot filter information or critically think. You cannot overthrow a intellegent well informed society so they made sure that we are not. Quoting: smokahontas "I do not want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers." Distracted at every level american sheep do not understand their government, most do not know how many branches there are as a result have no idea whom to blame for this mess. They are taught a controlled version of history, economics, political science. Just look at who writes the text books. It is by design. So a populas too stupid to see they live in an inverted totalitarian state are not going to fight to stop it from being an outright dictatorship. So we will have that before a revolution is possible... Gotta thin the herd. This is a great post so many today are just plain stupid go into a walmart; get the idea fast The dumbing down of society over many decades and the idiot box contributed to this not sure what else did it inbreeding?? who knows but all one has to do is sit in a parking lot at a grocery store and look at what goes out and comes in scary |
smokahontas
User ID: 925590 Canada 10/01/2012 03:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well Said! I think the invention of the Car, T.V., and Birth control pill has changed Man more than millions of years of evolution. They were what has made us differnt than all who came before. "I may not agree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire "Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored." Aldous Huxley |
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smokahontas
User ID: 925590 Canada 10/01/2012 03:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "It is well that the people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be revolution by morning." Henry Ford "I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilised world, no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." Woodrow Wilson after signing the Federal Reserve act of 1913 "I may not agree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire "Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored." Aldous Huxley |
Evil Cretin
User ID: 1217128 United States 10/01/2012 03:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well Said! I think the invention of the Car, T.V., and Birth control pill has changed Man more than millions of years of evolution. They were what has made us differnt than all who came before. Quoting: smokahontas Great points. Would you care to include flight? Free speech is never free. Well I know it wasn't you who held me down Heaven knows it wasn't you who set me free So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains And we never even know we have the key - Eagles |