So what are we supposed to do with this information?
And what about Ho Chi Kerry's and the Kennedy's estates?
Mail this to John Edwards, c/o Two Americas, Chapel Hill, NC.
MILLIONS are living on the streets? The space aliens must have accidently dropped her in Mexico City when they were done probing.
"It's remarkable how little growth has trickled down to ordinary families," economist Paul Krugman wrote recently in The New York Times Magazine.Drivel.
Welfare people would probably be insulted today if you expected them to live in that average 1954 house -- with one tiny bathroom, no color TV, a fridge that would fit inside today's fridges, a kitchen that would fit inside today's bathrooms.
There were always wealthy people who lived in pink houses on hilltops. Today there are lots more of them. And most everyone else is way better off -- economically -- then people were in 1954.
The real problem is moral decline -- among rich and poor.
live in a town that has million-dollar houses. And yet our schoolchildren have to pay to ride the school bus, to play school sports, to participate in school plays, to play in the school band, to take part in any extracurricular activities. Our library might be forced to cut back its hours. This isn't unique to my town. It's happening across the state.
Instead of worrying what people do with their own money...journalists should start investigating what the government is doing with your money.
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The Globe should call up Edwards and get a quote from him. I have nothing against big houses or people building/buying what they can afford, Edwards, however is just a typical liberal hypocrite.
" My parents wouldn't make it today -- not without an education, not without family to help them. And that's the big difference between then and now. Then you could work hard and work your way up. Now, you can work hard your whole life and never get ahead."
I wonder if the author has thought about some other differences between her parent's and todays young couples trying to get ahead. I bet that her parents
a. Never bought anything on credit and if they did have an account with local merchants and the bill was paid weekly. And by local merchants I mean the grocer, butcher, hardware store and other necessary purchases not the big screen TV market.
b. Only went out to eat once every 6 months if that. If they did go it was to the local Italian or other mom and pop restaurant where a home style meal was enjoyed not a $50.00 a person nouvelle cusine travesty.
c. Went and bought new things without a second thought. They most likely darned socks, restiched hems, saved buttons, saved screws, nails, bolts, repaired, reused and refitted. Their favorite label for kid's clothing was
" HANDMEDOWN "
People can still work hard and get ahead, it happens every day in this Country. What is lacking is the self discipline that makes it possible. It is not the Government job to make sure you have the maturity and foresight to handle your finances. It sure as hell can not handle its own.
What nonsense. Then again, in highly taxed & regulated, liberal cities, I don't find a 'wealth gap' too surprising.
This is an environmental disaster. How many trees died to print this stupid article? If people can't afford the houses they live in, they will soon lose them.
That's because you live in one of the most heavily taxed states in the east, you ignorant twit! You forget all the union and local government graft and kick-backs! What's the annual salary of a school janitor up there?? Last time I looked, NY's school janitors were earning close to $100K!
"If the Left obeyed the 10th Commandment, maybe they would learn to obey the 10th Amendment."
--rottndog
John Edwards "Two Americas"
Uh, Beverly? You write for a newspaper, right? There's this thing called "research" that used to be popular for journalists before they committed word to page. If you don't understand who lives in them, why not...ask a few?