Seepy Bye
Hmm. I’m so tired.
Why is the American middle class disappearing? I like being middle class, but I feel like I’m slipping into poverty. Everyone I know is having the same types of problems. How can I ever buy a house, the cost of real estate has escalated to the point to where it’s worth 10 years of the average salary!
Did you know, that in the 50’s, the average cost of a hour was $16,000? And that was equal to the average yearly salary? I mean shit, that makes sense. If houses were like 35 - 50 G we could all have a place to live.
It’s a joke to say that there’s no class system here, because there is. If you aren’t born into money you will never change your scenario. You can get a better job, but you’ll be in so much debt paying for your education that you will still never change your standard of living, and it might even go down hill.
I was so idealistic as a kid. I thought I could be special, i thought I could be an exception. I thought I was smart enough and driven enough and hardworking enough that I could make a change, that i could make a good life for myself. Who was I kidding?
Who are we all kidding? What is going to become of all the regular people when the middle class disappears?
It’s so exhausting.
January 12th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Martha, keep your head up. The American dream is alive and well along with the middle class. Somethings just take a little more time. You are pursuing the dream that you want correct?
April 11th, 2007 at 7:33 am
ah bart, you stubborn republican dreamer, you! i sure hope you are right, but i’m not sure that either one of those things - dream or middle class is thriving! it will be interesting to see how things play themselves out. yeah - i’m trying to live a life that makes me happy and meets my needs, but with everything we’ve gone through lately, it makes a sister want to sell out! but thanks for the encouragement.