Comments on Peppylady Almost Prefect World: A New and Improve Middle Class

I definitely agree that the cost of living in Amer...

2007-06-16T15:20:00.000-07:00

I definitely agree that the cost of living in America today is a huge problem!

My dad finished his education with student loans that were roughly 10% of his first year's salary. My parents' first house cost roughly twice his salary. His employer covered 100% of their medical premiums and they had no co-pays, cost shares, or deductibles.

Flash forward 3 decades and my DH finished his education with student loans that are roughly 110% of his first year's salary. Starter homes cost seven times his salary so we have to rent. We pay a $20-30 co-pay for each office visit, $10-$50 co-pay for each prescription, cost shares of 10-30%, and a couple hundred dollars per month for our share of the premiums.

We're lucky that we are still middle class, even if we're not as well off financially as my parents were at the same age. Too many others have been squeezed out of the middle class entirely :-(

I have always been a firm believer that one should...

2007-06-15T04:02:00.000-07:00

I have always been a firm believer that one should earn a living wage...one shouldn't have to work 2 or 3 jobs to put food on the table. Then the government wonders what has happened to the family unit....DAH!!!....You are right, I have always wondered why some of these CEO's make the salaries that they do plus their benefit packages...to me it is disgraceful

Over comsuming has to stop...our gas guzzling vehicles have to go....we really don't need SUV's in the city or Hummers....last time I checked we didn't have any sand dunes on Main street.

But I want to take this one step further.....Social programs....it should be a right not a privilege to have medical coverage....it should be a right and not a privilege to have access to higher education....it should be a right not a privilege to have access to good quality daycare....If we take care of the family unit...often the rest tends to care for itself...

hey Dora, have put your name on the croning list o...

2007-06-14T22:18:00.000-07:00

hey Dora, have put your name on the croning list on the new blog - hope you still want to be included :)

Spoken like a True Democrat. I Love IT!

2007-06-14T07:44:00.000-07:00

Spoken like a True Democrat. I Love IT!