When/why did the middle class begin shrinking?
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« on: April 18, 2013, 10:45:20 AM »
Around when, and why did the middle class begin to shrink?
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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2013, 05:50:00 PM »
You're going to have to explain what you mean by that.
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2013, 07:30:49 PM »
Just blame Bush like a good liberal.
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« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2013, 02:49:49 AM »
Quote from: Siloch on April 18, 2013, 07:30:49 PM
Just blame Bush like a good liberal.


That's the kind of thing you have to wait for someone to actually do before you try to criticize them for it..
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« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2013, 05:23:26 AM »
Quote from: Bro-mentum on April 19, 2013, 02:49:49 AM
Quote from: Siloch on April 18, 2013, 07:30:49 PM
Just blame Bush like a good liberal.


That's the kind of thing you have to wait for someone to actually do before you try to criticize them for it..

My spidey senses know what is coming.
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« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2013, 05:51:39 AM »
The man's name was "Nixon".
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« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2013, 08:08:13 AM »
2000 was about when GDP growth and the income growth of the average American household began to diverge.
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« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2013, 04:50:35 PM »

I thought it was "Reagan"?
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« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2013, 06:10:25 PM »
January 20, 1981
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« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2013, 06:11:01 PM »
Stop spamming.
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« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2013, 06:29:16 AM »
Obviously it depends on which Conservative President you hate the most was in office.
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« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2013, 11:43:30 AM »
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« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2013, 12:00:55 PM »
Quote from: dead0man on April 20, 2013, 06:29:16 AM
Obviously it depends on which Conservative President you hate the most was in office.

this helps

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Productivity_and_Real_Median_Family_Income_Growth_1947-2009.png

It looks like it started during Ford, decreased a little under Carter, starting increasing faster under Reagan, continued under Bush I and Clinton, and really took off under Bush II
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« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2013, 04:28:20 PM »
Quote from: bgwah on April 23, 2013, 12:00:55 PM
Quote from: dead0man on April 20, 2013, 06:29:16 AM
Obviously it depends on which Conservative President you hate the most was in office.

this helps

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Productivity_and_Real_Median_Family_Income_Growth_1947-2009.png

It looks like it started during Ford, decreased a little under Carter, starting increasing faster under Reagan, continued under Bush I and Clinton, and really took off under Bush II

Then Obama saved the day.
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