On 2018-10-13 5:21 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 10/13/2018 7:08 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 11:36:11 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 12:14:22 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 03:54:23 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 3:40:19 AM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:59:27 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>> snip
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Divorce, layoff, being replaced by technology, single wage earner,
>>>>>> feminism.... 78% of wage earners in the U.S. cant support a family
>>>>>> of 3 on their own incomes anymore.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>
>>>>> At least, not in the style to which they feel entitled.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>
>>>> I really hope you just rattled that off and didn't think about what
>>>> you said.
>>>
>>> No, I did think about it.Â* Do people need cellphones?Â* Do kids need
>>> expensive team sports?Â* Can they get along sharing a room?Â* Can
>>> they buy their clothes second-hand?Â* No, No, No, and Yes.
>>>
>>> Could they simply be raised the way we were?Â* Yes.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> ItÂ* seems to me you are describing middle income families.Â* If we are
>> talking about 78% of wage earners, there are an awful lot of people in
>> that group that struggle to have basic necessities.Â* They don't think
>> in terms of entitlement.
>>
>
> The definition of basic necessities seems to have been sliding though.
> Food?Â* Sure.Â* Clothing?Â* Yes, sneakers are but the don't have to be $150
> Nike.
>
> Yes, the bottom end of that 78% are struggling but I don't know what
> portion that is on the curve. I think the upper end of it is partly self
> inflicted.
Careful!!! You are beginning to sound like those well-off people who
blame the poor for being poor.