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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
There have been PLENTY of middle class families struggling over recent years to try to put food on the table and a roof over their families' heads. The economy tanked, in case you forgot. How do you suppose some of these poor people became poor? Sometimes, it's because they were in the middle class and a shitty situation led them to live in homeless shelters with their 3 kids.
ETA: What even constitutes "middle class" nowadays? It doesn't seem that anyone can agree on an answer.
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The latest economic downturn, job loss, and foreclosed home crisis were not only about "poor people". It was primarily people who were considered middle class who had not accumulated wealth and lived paycheck to paycheck. These people were living a relative good life with a house, cars, other materials. Many of them believed the pro-reproduction hype and thought they were financially and mentally prepared for kids. Wrong. But too late now. Now they need to find financial and emotional resources to help them stay afloat. More cities are assisting the middle class (i.e., mortgage assistance for teachers) instead of all resources going to the poor. The goal is to help middle class stay afloat so fewer middle class will trickle into poverty. It isn't as difficult as people like Kevin believe.
So, if poor people are going to be scrutinized, also knock on the doors of the non-poor. The non-poor don't get to hide.