[kj] When Goths Cry...

[folk devil]

Many Americans also don't realize they're in a recession.
On the whole, most Europeans earn a lot more than your average American.

> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:42:17 -0600> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] When Goths Cry...> > There was some weird statistic that came out a couple of years ago that > said something like 60% of Americans thought they were in the Top 20% of > income earners or something. Americans generally have a really distorted > view of class - it's not supposed to exist here, except/unless it is the > middle class, whih is supposed to be omnipresent.> > -Oliver> > > folk devil wrote:> > So, that puts quite a lot of middle-class Americans under the poverty > > line then. ;)> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------> > Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:32:42 -0800> > From: saulomar1 at yahoo.com> > To: gathering at misera.net> > Subject: Re: [kj] When Goths Cry...> >> > So, what /is/ middle-class, according to Europeans and U.K.eans?> > I live in the United States and here "everybone is 'middle-class'."**> >> > _______________________________________________

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