The end of the American Dream

[Skull Pilot]

Finish school, get a job, get married, raise a family, take family vacations, buy a house, send your kids to college, eventually retire

Most jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living, exclusive study shows

Advances in technology.

Should make our lives easier

We have the strongest economy on earth but our working class is losing a basic standard of living

Advances in tech make a job that required skilled labor an entry level job that requires less or no skill

Used to be workers with low skills could still make enough to support a family. Now, government assistance is needed

Employers keep the additional profits

Hate to tell you this but not all low skilled laborers are on government assistance.

 

[rightwinger]

Finish school, get a job, get married, raise a family, take family vacations, buy a house, send your kids to college, eventually retire

Most jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living, exclusive study shows

Sixty-two percent of jobs fall short of that middle-class standard when factoring in both wages and the cost of living in the metro area where the job is located, according to the study by Third Way, a think tank that advocates center-left ideas.

Based on the rent in Brooklyn NY?

You do know that there are other places to live don't you?

The American Dream died in 2012. When Obama started serving his second term.

The American Dream vanished when the MSM decided to distort news and then omit them. So, they can oppress the American people into "believing" what they were reporting was "actual" news. When in fact, most of the MSM admit to this. But yet, they continue their barrage of unsolicited news (aka fake news).

The American Dream started dying in the 1980s when we sold out to Reagan’s Supply Side economics

And yet millions of people have bought homes, started businesses etc

Gee I wonder how they did that?

Many more are not buying homes
That is another part of the American Dream that is falling
Workers compensate for low wages by borrowing. Student debt is stifling. Fewer affordable homes are being built.

You do know that you can hire a builder to build you a house don't you? You don't have to buy one that's already built

For example I have an employee who is single and she just had a home built. She's 26 or 27 years old.

The fact that she can do this basically throws your entire argument out the window.

There are many homes on the market that can be considered fixer uppers but young people don't seem to want to buy those

You don't have to go into debt to go to college

You don't have to spend more than you make

If all you want to see are the excuses why things can't be done then that is all you will ever see,

Doesn’t answer the question of fewer Americans buying houses
Used to be part of the American dream

 

[Skull Pilot]

The American Dream died in 2012. When Obama started serving his second term.

The American Dream vanished when the MSM decided to distort news and then omit them. So, they can oppress the American people into "believing" what they were reporting was "actual" news. When in fact, most of the MSM admit to this. But yet, they continue their barrage of unsolicited news (aka fake news).

The American Dream died when Reagan destroyed unions, and cancelled the War on Poverty.

When Americans stopped pulling together and decreed that it was every man for himself, the American Dream died.

When companies put profits ahead of being good citizens, and supporting their communities, the American Dream died.

When Republicans cut funds for education for poor kids, the American Dream died.

And yet millions of people have gotten college educations bought homes and or started businesses since Reagan was in office.

Sorry but people today don't want to make the sacrifices needed to succeed they just want it to be given to them

 

[rightwinger]

Finish school, get a job, get married, raise a family, take family vacations, buy a house, send your kids to college, eventually retire

Most jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living, exclusive study shows

Advances in technology.

Should make our lives easier

We have the strongest economy on earth but our working class is losing a basic standard of living

Advances in tech make a job that required skilled labor an entry level job that requires less or no skill

Used to be workers with low skills could still make enough to support a family. Now, government assistance is needed

Employers keep the additional profits

Hate to tell you this but not all low skilled laborers are on government assistance.

Never said they were

I said low skilled workers used to earn enough to support a family (on one income)
As can be seen in the OP....65 percent do not earn enough to qualify as middle class

 

[Skull Pilot]

Finish school, get a job, get married, raise a family, take family vacations, buy a house, send your kids to college, eventually retire

Most jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living, exclusive study shows

Sixty-two percent of jobs fall short of that middle-class standard when factoring in both wages and the cost of living in the metro area where the job is located, according to the study by Third Way, a think tank that advocates center-left ideas.

Based on the rent in Brooklyn NY?

You do know that there are other places to live don't you?

The American Dream died in 2012. When Obama started serving his second term.

The American Dream vanished when the MSM decided to distort news and then omit them. So, they can oppress the American people into "believing" what they were reporting was "actual" news. When in fact, most of the MSM admit to this. But yet, they continue their barrage of unsolicited news (aka fake news).

The American Dream started dying in the 1980s when we sold out to Reagan’s Supply Side economics

And yet millions of people have bought homes, started businesses etc

Gee I wonder how they did that?

Many more are not buying homes
That is another part of the American Dream that is falling
Workers compensate for low wages by borrowing. Student debt is stifling. Fewer affordable homes are being built.

You do know that you can hire a builder to build you a house don't you? You don't have to buy one that's already built

For example I have an employee who is single and she just had a home built. She's 26 or 27 years old.

The fact that she can do this basically throws your entire argument out the window.

There are many homes on the market that can be considered fixer uppers but young people don't seem to want to buy those

You don't have to go into debt to go to college

You don't have to spend more than you make

If all you want to see are the excuses why things can't be done then that is all you will ever see,

Doesn’t answer the question of fewer Americans buying houses
Used to be part of the American dream

Dreams can change. You don't account for the fact that maybe people younger than you don't include buying a house in their dreams

If people choose to pay more in rent than they would on a mortgage it's their choice

 

[Skull Pilot]

Advances in technology.

Should make our lives easier

We have the strongest economy on earth but our working class is losing a basic standard of living

Advances in tech make a job that required skilled labor an entry level job that requires less or no skill

Used to be workers with low skills could still make enough to support a family. Now, government assistance is needed

Employers keep the additional profits

Hate to tell you this but not all low skilled laborers are on government assistance.

Never said they were

I said low skilled workers used to earn enough to support a family (on one income)
As can be seen in the OP....65 percent do not earn enough to qualify as middle class

No you said "Now government assistance is needed"

It's not

 

[Flash]

Finish school, get a job, get married, raise a family, take family vacations, buy a house, send your kids to college, eventually retire

Most jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living, exclusive study shows

Sixty-two percent of jobs fall short of that middle-class standard when factoring in both wages and the cost of living in the metro area where the job is located, according to the study by Third Way, a think tank that advocates center-left ideas.

Obama really fucked up this country with increased poverty, decreased family income, increased income disparity, dismal economic growth and tremendous debt for our children.

Thank god Trump was elected to fix the things that Obama's Left economics broke.

The Left always fucks up everything, doesn't it?

 

[mudwhistle]

Finish school, get a job, get married, raise a family, take family vacations, buy a house, send your kids to college, eventually retire

Most jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living, exclusive study shows

Sixty-two percent of jobs fall short of that middle-class standard when factoring in both wages and the cost of living in the metro area where the job is located, according to the study by Third Way, a think tank that advocates center-left ideas.

That must be why Obama spent his entire presidency writing regulations designed to raise the cost of living, and Trump is busy scrapping all of that crapola which is resulting in massive growth.

 

[rightwinger]

Should make our lives easier

We have the strongest economy on earth but our working class is losing a basic standard of living

Advances in tech make a job that required skilled labor an entry level job that requires less or no skill

Used to be workers with low skills could still make enough to support a family. Now, government assistance is needed

Employers keep the additional profits

Hate to tell you this but not all low skilled laborers are on government assistance.

Never said they were

I said low skilled workers used to earn enough to support a family (on one income)
As can be seen in the OP....65 percent do not earn enough to qualify as middle class

No you said "Now government assistance is needed"

It's not

I am not speaking absolutes
65 percent of jobs do not support middle class standard of living.

 

[rightwinger]

Finish school, get a job, get married, raise a family, take family vacations, buy a house, send your kids to college, eventually retire

Most jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living, exclusive study shows

Sixty-two percent of jobs fall short of that middle-class standard when factoring in both wages and the cost of living in the metro area where the job is located, according to the study by Third Way, a think tank that advocates center-left ideas.

That must be why Obama spent his entire presidency writing regulations designed to raise the cost of living, and Trump is busy scrapping all of that crapola which is resulting in massive growth.

Nonsense

 

[Meathead]

Finish school, get a job, get married, raise a family, take family vacations, buy a house, send your kids to college, eventually retire

Most jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living, exclusive study shows

Sixty-two percent of jobs fall short of that middle-class standard when factoring in both wages and the cost of living in the metro area where the job is located, according to the study by Third Way, a think tank that advocates center-left ideas.

That was under Obama. Things are changing. That's why it's called MAGA.

 

[Indeependent]

Advances in tech make a job that required skilled labor an entry level job that requires less or no skill

Used to be workers with low skills could still make enough to support a family. Now, government assistance is needed

Employers keep the additional profits

Hate to tell you this but not all low skilled laborers are on government assistance.

Never said they were

I said low skilled workers used to earn enough to support a family (on one income)
As can be seen in the OP....65 percent do not earn enough to qualify as middle class

No you said "Now government assistance is needed"

It's not

I am not speaking absolutes
65 percent of jobs do not support middle class standard of living.

How many of these people do you actually know?

 

[Skull Pilot]

Advances in tech make a job that required skilled labor an entry level job that requires less or no skill

Used to be workers with low skills could still make enough to support a family. Now, government assistance is needed

Employers keep the additional profits

Hate to tell you this but not all low skilled laborers are on government assistance.

Never said they were

I said low skilled workers used to earn enough to support a family (on one income)
As can be seen in the OP....65 percent do not earn enough to qualify as middle class

No you said "Now government assistance is needed"

It's not

I am not speaking absolutes
65 percent of jobs do not support middle class standard of living.

Which is what exactly?

Everyone, even those who are less than middle class thinks they are middle class.

And let's not forget that article you posted was written about NYC and not the average place to live

And in your article it also said that 52% of households live in the middle class

So you ignore the fact that married people have 2 incomes

 

[rightwinger]

Finish school, get a job, get married, raise a family, take family vacations, buy a house, send your kids to college, eventually retire

Most jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living, exclusive study shows

Sixty-two percent of jobs fall short of that middle-class standard when factoring in both wages and the cost of living in the metro area where the job is located, according to the study by Third Way, a think tank that advocates center-left ideas.

That was under Obama. Things are changing. That's why it's called MAGA.

The decline of the middle class began with Reagan’s adoption of supply side economics

It has accelerated under Trump

 

[rightwinger]

Used to be workers with low skills could still make enough to support a family. Now, government assistance is needed

Employers keep the additional profits

Hate to tell you this but not all low skilled laborers are on government assistance.

Never said they were

I said low skilled workers used to earn enough to support a family (on one income)
As can be seen in the OP....65 percent do not earn enough to qualify as middle class

No you said "Now government assistance is needed"

It's not

I am not speaking absolutes
65 percent of jobs do not support middle class standard of living.

Which is what exactly?

Everyone, even those who are less than middle class thinks they are middle class.

And let's not forget that article you posted was written about NYC and not the average place to live

And in your article it also said that 52% of households live in the middle class

So you ignore the fact that married people have 2 incomes

Very true
Married people have two incomes

A generation ago, a married couple could survive on one income
They should have twice the income and double the standard of living....yet they struggle to maintain the same standards as their parents

 

[Dale Smith]

Finish school, get a job, get married, raise a family, take family vacations, buy a house, send your kids to college, eventually retire

Most jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living, exclusive study shows

Advances in technology.

Should make our lives easier

We have the strongest economy on earth but our working class is losing a basic standard of living

You are just NOW waking up to that fact? Finally realizing every past admin from both bought and paid for political parties since JFK sold us out to the owners of USA.INC..

 

[Marion Morrison]

The American Dream died in 2012. When Obama started serving his second term.

The American Dream vanished when the MSM decided to distort news and then omit them. So, they can oppress the American people into "believing" what they were reporting was "actual" news. When in fact, most of the MSM admit to this. But yet, they continue their barrage of unsolicited news (aka fake news).

The American Dream started dying in the 1980s when we sold out to Reagan’s Supply Side economics

So, are we blaming Jimmy Carter for that now? Lol

Things happened during his presidency that contributed to it, yes.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Hate to tell you this but not all low skilled laborers are on government assistance.

Never said they were

I said low skilled workers used to earn enough to support a family (on one income)
As can be seen in the OP....65 percent do not earn enough to qualify as middle class

No you said "Now government assistance is needed"

It's not

I am not speaking absolutes
65 percent of jobs do not support middle class standard of living.

Which is what exactly?

Everyone, even those who are less than middle class thinks they are middle class.

And let's not forget that article you posted was written about NYC and not the average place to live

And in your article it also said that 52% of households live in the middle class

So you ignore the fact that married people have 2 incomes

Very true
Married people have two incomes

A generation ago, a married couple could survive on one income
They should have twice the income and double the standard of living....yet they struggle to maintain the same standards as their parents

Many still can depending on where they live and many still do.

Like I said people just don't want to make the sacrifices necessary to do it.

 

[rightwinger]

Never said they were

I said low skilled workers used to earn enough to support a family (on one income)
As can be seen in the OP....65 percent do not earn enough to qualify as middle class

No you said "Now government assistance is needed"

It's not

I am not speaking absolutes
65 percent of jobs do not support middle class standard of living.

Which is what exactly?

Everyone, even those who are less than middle class thinks they are middle class.

And let's not forget that article you posted was written about NYC and not the average place to live

And in your article it also said that 52% of households live in the middle class

So you ignore the fact that married people have 2 incomes

Very true
Married people have two incomes

A generation ago, a married couple could survive on one income
They should have twice the income and double the standard of living....yet they struggle to maintain the same standards as their parents

Many still can depending on where they live and many still do.

Like I said people just don't want to make the sacrifices necessary to do it.

Which sacrifices?

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

CEO salaries are out of whack. That is for sure. Rightly or wrongly.