Tag: middle-class
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July 26, 2007 08:27 PM EDT --
All is not well in suburbia
when at midnight you arise
to find a jackhammer tearing the street
and a backhoe lunging into the asphalt;
You block your ears to the noise and know
you will not sleep because . . . more
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September 20, 2007 11:31 PM EDT --
I just read an article on MSNBC saying that 89.6 million Americans lacked health insurance in 06-07 in people under 65. That number is staggering but not surprising to me. I am one . . . more
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January 07, 2008 11:16 AM EST --
On the road to New Hampshire and Election '08, a sharp economic populism is in the air in a way it hasn't been since long before Ronald Reagan. The idea that the rich are getting richer unfairly . . . more
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January 05, 2007 11:59 PM EST --
Two influential men -- one an economist, the other a thoughtful journalist -- chimed in on the current plight of the American middle class this week, and they took different stances.
Donald J. Boudreaux, . . . more
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June 15, 2007 02:37 PM EDT --
Here's an article that popped up on the Yahoo page:
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/devlin/11619
If you look at it you'll discover that someone is coming out with a digital camera that is supposed . . . more
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August 02, 2007 03:48 PM EDT --
I am writing a book about the emerging middle class in China, which in eighteen years will reach 766 million - the total size of the six most powerful nations of today! I am going to China for the next . . . more
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October 17, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21272238/
THis is the link to the article about being middle class in America today. According to the article it's a state of mind. Maybe this may help . . . more
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June 20, 2007 11:59 PM EDT --
We Westerners like to think that we are all part of the establishment, when in fact we are unwitting tools of the true elite. They want us to be at each other's throats while they dominate over the . . . more
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March 05, 2008 03:07 PM EST --
Many think that the poor can't afford to buy a new of decent car or pick-up truck.
Many think that the poor can't afford Health Care insurance.
Many people think that the poor can't . . . more
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May 21, 2008 09:55 AM EDT --
Today's post is from Nan Mooney , author of Not Keeping Up With Our Parents: The Decline of the Professional Middle Class . Mooney is also the author of I Can't Believe She Did That: . . . more
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October 28, 2006 03:37 PM EDT --
Mayor Bloomberg has announced plans for the city to buy 26 acres of land in an industrial section of Long Island City, on the Queens waterfront, on which to build up to 5,000 rental apartments for middle . . . more
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May 19, 2008 10:40 AM EDT --
The rich aside, it's not an easy time out there, economically, for Americans today.
Recession, insecurity, and inflation hit everyone but thirty-something journalist Nan Mooney sees a generational . . . more
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March 25, 2007 09:19 PM EDT --
I really thought that I'd heard it all here on Gather. I have read the rants of the illegal immigrant advocates who think that illegal immigration is good for our country. I have also read . . . more
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December 15, 2007 02:45 PM EST --
A couple weeks ago I posted a short article concerning the upcoming income tax season. This is a follow-up to that article.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977192101&nav=Namespace . . . more
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January 27, 2008 12:21 AM EST --
Say you owned the cornerstore and needed to hire one employee. Say further that there was a federal lawproviding that if you hired an American citizen for that position, you would besubject to a fine . . . more
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February 04, 2008 01:06 AM EST --
When I arrived at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in Menlo Park yesterday, the presentation had already started. Jane Jie Sun, the CFO of Ctrip – the Expedia equivalent in China, was giving . . . more
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August 09, 2008 10:59 AM EDT --
The old tricks aren’t working any more. The government’s tools for a weak economy have been to lower interest rates, borrow and spend, or have a war. Now, interest rates are so low that you can’t earn . . . more
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January 01, 2008 12:51 PM EST --
Even though Congress passed the 2007 Tax Relief Act in mid-December, some taxpayers will still experience a delay in filing their returns. I hope this information is helpful for those affected:
. . . more
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October 03, 2006 12:47 AM EDT --
Considering the recent announcements of some of America's leading corporations, one has to wonder just what are they trying to accomplish.
For example, Wal-Mart just announced that they are putting . . . more
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October 09, 2007 05:52 PM EDT --
My son turned 19 yesterday and as I pondered his life I was filled with pride at the realization that he has become very interested and concerned with the human condition. But as with youth throughout . . . more
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