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<blockquote data-quote="Thieroff" data-source="post: 3990493" data-attributes="member: 567658">Let&#039;s say someone is poor.Let&#039;s say they have children also.Cost of a car, even if it&#039;s paid for, with gasoline costs, insurance.Cost of rent + utilities.Cost of healthcare.Cost of food.Some people have no wiggle room because they have to maintain just what it takes to survive.&nbsp; As a nation we are head over heels in debt.You ever see Dazed and Confused?Wooderson says &quot;That&#039;s the thing about these high school girls, man, I keep getting older and they stay the same age.&quot;Kind of like the cost of living keeps going up but wages stay the same.People wonder why the economy is in the dump.&nbsp; These companies are getting huge, pushing out the small businesses, paying the employees nothing, and charging for everything.A lot of people can barely keep their heads above water.No wonder why people are borrowing so much money.I live in Pittsburgh, at one time the Steel Capital of the world.&nbsp; No longer though.At one time they were paying the millworkers a good wage and dumped a lot of money back into the mills and the surrounding areas.&nbsp; This is when times were good here, 700k people living in Pittsburgh.&nbsp; A man could go to work, leave the wife to take care of the kids and pay all the bills.Not anymore as a result of the gredd of corporate America.CT</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thieroff, post: 3990493, member: 567658"] Let's say someone is poor. Let's say they have children also. Cost of a car, even if it's paid for, with gasoline costs, insurance. Cost of rent + utilities. Cost of healthcare. Cost of food. Some people have no wiggle room because they have to maintain just what it takes to survive. As a nation we are head over heels in debt. You ever see Dazed and Confused? Wooderson says "That's the thing about these high school girls, man, I keep getting older and they stay the same age." Kind of like the cost of living keeps going up but wages stay the same. People wonder why the economy is in the dump. These companies are getting huge, pushing out the small businesses, paying the employees nothing, and charging for everything. A lot of people can barely keep their heads above water. No wonder why people are borrowing so much money. I live in Pittsburgh, at one time the Steel Capital of the world. No longer though. At one time they were paying the millworkers a good wage and dumped a lot of money back into the mills and the surrounding areas. This is when times were good here, 700k people living in Pittsburgh. A man could go to work, leave the wife to take care of the kids and pay all the bills. Not anymore as a result of the gredd of corporate America. CT [/QUOTE]

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