Our socialized society has created a new class of poor.
The middle class, who do not qualify for any programs, but have substantially less expendable income than the ‘poor’.
In order to start a business in most professions, the regulatory costs nearly mandate a $250k income in order to clear about a $75k income, if one is lucky, and with substantial risk of greater liability.
Meanwhile, the poor who give up on ownership can live twice as well with less risk than the middle class.
The poor might reorient their relationships to more favorably receive program benefits, and I don’t envy their predicament, ....but I see so very many poor, with new homes, new cars, part time jobs, and spare time, while I observe the middle class driving 20 year old economy cars/trucks, working overtime, paying for insurance and still in debt with medical and older homes not presently in compliance with modern codes.
I don’t see any middle class going to midnight movies, but I do see lots of ‘poor’ class partying from sundown to sunup, sleeping till noon, with middle class not partying, waking before dawn and turning in after they get home from work.
“I don’t see any middle class going to midnight movies, but I do see lots of ‘poor’ class partying from sundown to sunup, sleeping till noon, with middle class not partying, waking before dawn and turning in after they get home from work.”
You know, I saw a weird phenomenon a few weeks ago when I took a very rare day off; the traffic during the day was actually heavier than it was in rush hour. During the 1980 recession, I had a job where I drove a lot during the business day. The roads basically belonged to me from 9:30 to 4:00.
So, where did these people come from? And what were they doing?