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Storm is COMING!! [View all] yuiyoshida Sep 2015 OP
Gawd, I hope so. leveymg Sep 2015 #1
Rec! progressoid Sep 2015 #2
K and effing R Scuba Sep 2015 #3
I live in an upper-middle class suburb... CoffeeCat Sep 2015 #4
I, for one, don't want to see.... daleanime Sep 2015 #5
I have a number of friends who have adult kids living at home mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #8
Well, in the old days, they could afford to experience all that angst in their own appartment! canoeist52 Sep 2015 #12
exactly questionseverything Sep 2015 #33
My next door neighbor is a 73 year old man who works at an auto parts store... C Moon Sep 2015 #17
used to be you did not HAVE to move home to make it Skittles Sep 2015 #75
Exactly…I remember during the summers in college... CoffeeCat Sep 2015 #107
The government needs to value American jobs. Not foreign manufacturing that profits the few. Enthusiast Sep 2015 #11
My son is taking one or two classes a semester. That is his choice and I wish he would 1monster Sep 2015 #49
That must be frustrating for him that it is taking so long, but at the same time he's lucky you can davidpdx Sep 2015 #85
A friend's daughter finished law school with a $90,000 srudent debt... 1monster Sep 2015 #87
Mine are higher than that davidpdx Sep 2015 #91
I feel the same way coolepairc Sep 2015 #60
I never thought I'd see the day when I'd think I am glad to be older Skittles Sep 2015 #78
This was actually a thing in the early nineties too flygal Sep 2015 #67
K&R stage left Sep 2015 #6
the American dream lasted from 1950 to 1964 olddots Sep 2015 #7
Tell that to any African American alive at that time philosslayer Sep 2015 #15
maybe for white males, but not so hot for women or anyone else of color. mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #16
he perhaps meant it generally. there is no one including me who lived it who doesn't roguevalley Sep 2015 #29
good intentions? It is at best, a form of blindness about the lives of the majority of Democrats... bettyellen Sep 2015 #103
You dreamed the American Dream but it was only a dream. nt kelliekat44 Sep 2015 #24
My black WWII vet father could not use his GI Bill BumRushDaShow Sep 2015 #36
I grew up in the 50's and 60's. upaloopa Sep 2015 #43
My BIL's family is from Dayton BumRushDaShow Sep 2015 #61
That 'Golden Age' was in response to global Communism Yavin4 Sep 2015 #55
Your post is certainly thought-provoking. You may be onto something there. nt raccoon Sep 2015 #81
The powers that be at the time borrowed Socialist ideas but sold them to the public as Capitalism Yavin4 Sep 2015 #101
Interesting line of thought. Your thoughts or from some other source? nt raccoon Sep 2015 #105
These are my thoughts. Yavin4 Sep 2015 #106
not for women, not for POC- and WOW that WE never occurred to you to consider. bettyellen Sep 2015 #57
correct Skittles Sep 2015 #76
Let's not forget the real name for "The American Dream" ... nikto Sep 2015 #70
About the same time they killed JFK. Major Hogwash Sep 2015 #72
Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Sep 2015 #9
The reason for war is simple. If there was a smaller military, there would be a chance LiberalArkie Sep 2015 #23
In 1977 I was operating a dozer madokie Sep 2015 #10
They will not be stimulating the economy with so few discretionary dollars to spend. Enthusiast Sep 2015 #14
my neighbor druidity33 Sep 2015 #62
My brother lost his job, and after looking for an admin position via temp agencies... C Moon Sep 2015 #13
CEO salary used to be 30 times average worker ----- now it is anywhere Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #46
I believe that laundry_queen Sep 2015 #73
I recently thought that I would have to be looking for another job smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #97
Damned f'ing landlords! SoapBox Sep 2015 #18
You bought the second business in 2006? Also, what type of place ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2015 #19
Yeah, the free market ain't so free, is it? camelfan Sep 2015 #22
Cost of housing is a big part of the problems today. jwirr Sep 2015 #27
Great post. I notice the same thing, when I was a kid, many 3 or 4 kid families raccoon Sep 2015 #82
I see your point. My mothe in-law hated me to the jwirr Sep 2015 #95
I don't know what your business was, SheilaT Sep 2015 #34
Should set that to Dune PatrynXX Sep 2015 #20
The sleepers have awakened! Scootaloo Sep 2015 #77
this? yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #94
I always wonder who thought David Lynch should be in charge of that movie Scootaloo Sep 2015 #108
My girlfriends daughter is living with us now. Javaman Sep 2015 #21
My youngest is 25 and in grad school mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #35
depends... shanti Sep 2015 #38
Me too. I was born in 1958 and when I went to college in the 80s, tuition cost PatrickforO Sep 2015 #104
If only they ryan_cats Sep 2015 #25
Im guessing there is some sarcasm here but I dont get it. Ed Suspicious Sep 2015 #28
There isn't a loftier title ryan_cats Sep 2015 #50
I took 3 years of Asian studies at Cal Berkeley yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #30
And that (setting aside your failed snark) is what H1B visas are for . . . hatrack Sep 2015 #92
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2015 #26
They call it The American Dream because you eventually wake up and realize it was all bullshit. Oneironaut Sep 2015 #31
My parents did not have that problem. Their American Dream was to be able merrily Sep 2015 #52
And for some people it turns into a nightmare. Oneironaut Sep 2015 #54
True enough. merrily Sep 2015 #56
"Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse?" raccoon Sep 2015 #83
Yep...same in Canada... Fix The Stupid Sep 2015 #32
I wonder if she lives in San Francisco AsahinaKimi Sep 2015 #37
A bunch of people I know had to go back home d_legendary1 Sep 2015 #39
Inevitable. Who will shape it? mmonk Sep 2015 #40
I triple majored in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and physics mindwalker_i Sep 2015 #41
Bernstorm! mhatrw Sep 2015 #42
Gona light the place up! lonestarnot Sep 2015 #44
Like I have said before. WHEN CRABS ROAR Sep 2015 #45
+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #99
Private housing... KyleMcShades Sep 2015 #47
Kick again! lonestarnot Sep 2015 #48
The rent is too damn high. (One of the best campaign slogans ever, though not a winning one.) merrily Sep 2015 #51
Bernie said the minimum wage azmom Sep 2015 #53
LOL! I heard him say that. merrily Sep 2015 #58
That speech in Greensboro, was the best azmom Sep 2015 #59
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Sep 2015 #63
It Will Continue Going This Way Until It Crashes NonMetro Sep 2015 #64
Oh yes there is. lonestarnot Sep 2015 #66
I Like Your Optimism! NonMetro Sep 2015 #69
So check this and welcome to DU! lonestarnot Sep 2015 #79
Thanks! NonMetro Sep 2015 #90
The beatings will continue until morale improves. Major Hogwash Sep 2015 #71
I decided to go look what rent was on a place I was at back then.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #65
yep LittleGirl Sep 2015 #74
Great idea. I can't remember the address of the apartment I moved to in Studio City, CA mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #80
The one I use for comparison is back in the mid-70s a typical factory worker,.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #96
Revolution is coming . . . cer7711 Sep 2015 #68
26 years ago I made 7.50 hr at a non-skilled job in a factory ReactFlux Sep 2015 #84
K&R nt raouldukelives Sep 2015 #86
This message was self-deleted by its author JackInGreen Sep 2015 #88
K&R! demmiblue Sep 2015 #89
Long overdue n/t CanonRay Sep 2015 #93
yes deaniac21 Sep 2015 #98
I love that skit! smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #100
No storm no matter who is elected. randys1 Sep 2015 #102
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