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    • 23 Ratings
    • 1837 Views
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    Spring in Wisconsin: The things we do with friends

    MARCH 11, 2012 4:46PM

    By Karen McKim


    Topics: occupy, protests, middle class, labor, recalls, walker, wisconsin, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 5401 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Shattering the class warfare taboo

    JANUARY 13, 2012 12:49AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: politics, rush limbaugh, election, class conflict, president obama, mitt romney, middle class, jimmy zuma, republicans, independents, democrats, wealthy, citizens united, class warfare, occupy wall street, pew research center

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 3019 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    The Great Recession: Now It's Personal

    JANUARY 12, 2012 12:20PM

    By Cedar Burnett


    Topics: childcare, healthcare, ulcerative colitis, chronic illness, anxiety, money, middle class, recession, economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 2651 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Stocks point to a dying middle class

    DECEMBER 2, 2011 8:09AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: politics, class war, great society, new deal, business insider, bloomberg, jimmy zuma, nick hanauer, tax, upper class, policy, economic, economy, middle class, stocks

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1591 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Robots Are Coming to Take Your Job

    NOVEMBER 4, 2011 8:19AM

    By Frank Michels


    Topics: robots, computers, jobs, computers, siri, technology, race against the machine, middle class

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 565 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    A Tale of Two Communities

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 3:01PM

    By Hesham A. Hassaballa


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, mainstream, middle class, satisfaction, american muslims, america, perception, muslims, islam, pew survey

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 6357 Views
    • 121 Comments
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    Middle Class Meltdown

    AUGUST 25, 2011 8:32AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: great recession, 2007-09 recession, jobless recovery, hollowed-out economy, downward mobility, jobless recovery. new face of poverty in america, systemic restructuring of economy, falling standard of living, economic trends, 22 statistics that prove the middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in america, michael snyder, businessinsider.com, business insider, disappearing middle class, middle class, economic meltdown, unemployment, jobs, finance, economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 726 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Att: American Workers...

    MAY 5, 2011 3:22PM

    By Graham Sale


    Topics: politics, cartoons, grhaam sale, unemployment, jobs, working class, middle class, american workers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 2134 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Boiling the Middle Class

    MARCH 10, 2011 9:20AM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: budget, chris christie, citizens united, collective bargaining, corporate power, defense, deficit, democracy, education, koch industries, medicare, middle class, politics, protests, scott walker, social security, subsidies, taxes, unions, washington, wisconsin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2003 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    There Would Be No Middle Class Without Unions.

    FEBRUARY 24, 2011 7:18AM

    By Nerdyjen


    Topics: politics, business, american history, uaw, afl-cio, wisconsin, economy, middle class, unions, labor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 56 Ratings
    • 2769 Views
    • 85 Comments
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    Real Patriots Don’t Whine About Paying Taxes

    NOVEMBER 9, 2010 2:02PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: making under, making less than, tax cuts for the rich, tax cuts for the wealthy, great depression, depression, 1929, hoover, depression, republican, democratic, sunset provision, sunset, expire, expiring, lower class, middle class, quarter of a million, quarter million, 250 thousand, 000, $250, $250k, egtrra, economic growth and tax relief reconciliation act of 2001, bush tax cuts, tax cuts, byrd rule, taxes, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1783 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    Bringing Down Walls _ Berlin Was Only The Beginning!

    OCTOBER 28, 2010 2:26PM

    By SpiritManSF


    Topics: uncle joe cannon, speaker of the house, illinois, danville, obama, banking scandal, general motors, middle class, 1950s, health care, republicans, berlin wall, video, politics, news, economy, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1381 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    No one knows I'm not a spy

    JULY 1, 2010 12:12AM

    By Mark Pritchard


    Topics: espionage, middle class, bourgeoisie, lifestyle, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 52 Ratings
    • 30745 Views
    • 331 Comments
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    Rush Limbaugh Says Poor Don't Deserve Healthcare

    DECEMBER 3, 2009 8:42AM

    By J.E. Robertson


    Topics: middle class, healthcare reform, healthcare, raw nerve, william shatner, rush limbaugh

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 2242 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Her Booty Call, Not His

    JULY 10, 2009 2:19AM

    By alexzola


    Topics: beta male, alpha female, booty call, guyland, nyu, suburbs, middle class, generation x, iphone, blackberry

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 2530 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    The Ineffable Power Of “Fuck”

    JULY 8, 2009 10:25AM

    By Floyd Elliot


    Topics: fuck, words, dirty words, george carlin, class, social class, f-bomb, bourgeois, working class, middle class, humor, language, writing, speaking, english, south beach

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 2228 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    David Brooks and the Snark

    JUNE 16, 2009 11:01AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: why does david brooks still have a job at the new york times?, officiousness, middle class, multiculturalism, alan bloom, university of chicago, political discourse, since when does having big ears constitute political criticism?, david brooks needs a lollipop, david brooks is acting like a five-year old, snark, lorraine berry, lewis carroll, barack obama, politics, david brooks

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 2288 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Democrats Should Be Joining the Tea Parties

    APRIL 14, 2009 2:27PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: open call, news, business, tea party, tea parties, taxes, tax revolt, sales tax, republicans, regressive taxes, recession, prop 13, progressive taxes, politics, paul krugman, orange county politics, orange county, obama campaign, middle class, howard jarvis, grover norquist, gasoline tax, elections, democrats, democratic party, california taxes, california republicans, california republican party, california property tax, california politics, california democrats, california democratic party, california budget crisis, california budget, california, automoble tax, anti-tax movement

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1486 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    The Charge of the Democrat Light Brigade

    MARCH 11, 2009 2:55PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: abel malonado, arnold schwazenegger, california, california budget, california budget crisis, california democratic party, california democrats, california legislature, california politics, california property tax, california republican party, california republicans, darrell steinberg, democratic party, democrats, elections, governor arnold schwarzenegger, governor schwarzenegger, grover norquist, howard jarvis, karen bass, middle class, obama campaign, orange county, orange county politics, politics, prop 13, republicans, schwarzenegger, tax revolt, taxes, news

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