Re: The Haves, Have Nots, & Have Lots - Reformulation of the Middle Cl
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The rich got poorer and made less during 2001-2004, and the average, poor, and middle-class Americans all made more money.
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Right - but not sure how that rebuts the premise - that the concerns / mentality / outlook of "Haves" are similar to "Have Nots" (also bear in mind this was a fairly "fuzzy" study, heh marketing you know, not numbers guys - though they did a lot of consumer polling / research etc.).
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I don't know anyone who doesn't aspire to be rich someday, if only to give it all away.
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Also true - but at some point in this country's history, aspiring to and achieving a middle-class lifestyle was both acceptable and a goal for people. Not so anymore, is the contention of the study. That we're increasingly becoming a country of Have Lots and everyone else.
How far does $100k household income for a family in Ohio with 3 kids get you?
-Al
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