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Originally Posted by SenorKeeed
This is kind of crazy because I feel like I'm parroting progressive talking points here and getting shouted down by Obama supporters. Isn't this the whole "disappearing middle class" thing is all about? Like if a family making the median household income can't even come close to owning two cars and a decent house in an OK neighborhood....I mean that's my whole point.
The number of people who can afford what we've come to think of as a "middle class" lifestyle is indeed shrinking.
It may be that we just really don't want to admit that what we used to think of as "broke" is now pretty normal, or it may be that what is depicted in the media as normal is now only for the well off.