Blind spot.
Take a little time and do a little research.
Look at the 50s, or 60s.
A single working man could provide for an entire family.
Buy a house, a new car.
Expect to have that secure job until you retire.
Put all your kids through college.
If you were a kid who's parents weren't able to pay.
You could pay your own way, just off part time and summer jobs.
Can you do that now?
Back then folks like trump, the bushes, the Koch bros.
They were taxed at 70%
They were still rich.
Just not like the huge disparity we have today.
Good for you if you are doing well.
You're not on an island though.
Your statements require no research, nor have I formulated an opinion to the contrary.
What I have done is, stated my own reality, and admitted, humbly so, my incapability to provide an accurate answer to the question posed to me by Leo.
To answer your question, while I doubt I would have been able to pay my way through college with summer jobs, as my parents have done, opportunity was presented to me in the form of a bursary.
And most certainly I'm on no island, when in this modern era, others are defying their circumstances due to opportunities that weren't available in the past.
who are responsible for lower wages and a shrinking middle class
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Blind spot.
Take a little time and do a little research.
Look at the 50s, or 60s.
A single working man could provide for an entire family.
Buy a house, a new car.
Expect to have that secure job until you retire.
Put all your kids through college.
If you were a kid who's parents weren't able to pay.
You could pay your own way, just off part time and summer jobs.
Can you do that now?
Back then folks like trump, the bushes, the Koch bros.
They were taxed at 70%
They were still rich.
Just not like the huge disparity we have today.
Good for you if you are doing well.
You're not on an island though.
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Your statements require no research, nor have I formulated an opinion to the contrary.
What I have done is, stated my own reality, and admitted, humbly so, my incapability to provide an accurate answer to the question posed to me by Leo.
To answer your question, while I doubt I would have been able to pay my way through college with summer jobs, as my parents have done, opportunity was presented to me in the form of a bursary.
And most certainly I'm on no island, when in this modern era, others are defying their circumstances due to opportunities that weren't available in the past.