[The South Texan]

"To belittle the fact that lower and lower-middle class people are having a hard time is foolish and arrogant. The economy is doing well, but certain people in it are not. Ignore them at your peril."

True, in whatever economy you have some that struggle more than others. But when I go to Wal-Mart which caters to the lower and lower middle class, I see a bunch of them with alot of stuff other than food in their shopping carts.

Our lower and lower middle class would be very wealthy in other countries if their lifestyles and their possessions were the only thing to evaluate their wealth by.

[Coldwater Creek]

The thing about Walmart is that a person cannot tell the poor from the rich.

[Left2Right]

"Our lower and lower middle class would be very wealthy in other countries...

So very, very true. I see a lot of billboards and signs nowadays in the "poorer" areas warning about "Childhood Obesity". Only in America...

[OldFriend]

Since more and more Americans do not pay ANY income taxes at all, I find it difficult to feel their pain.

There are jobs out there and it's not a secret that many would rather whine than work.