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Re:Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 ... by mfoy_ on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @10:59AM (#11534866)
Key quote from one of the comments:

"The secret shame of the American Middle Class is that they listen to people telling them 'it's not your fault' too much."

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Re:Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 ... by turar on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @02:25PM (#11536581)
There's a large number of people that believe it's not their fault, e.g. comments here http://www.metafilter.com/158762/The-Secret-Shame-of-Middle-...
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Re:Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 ... by mfoy_ on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @03:55PM (#11537265)
Wow... "My wife just lost her job, and I'm not sure how/if I can pay the rent this month. So yeah, I'm right in that category. Only I'm not ashamed, I'm angry."

That's not middle class, that's called living paycheque to paycheque, or hand to mouth.

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Re:Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 ... by kamaal on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @01:26PM (#11536059)
Why wouldn't they?

Human tendency is to always find somebody else to fix the blame on.

I know a lot of friends from school who would blame teachers for failing in tests and exams. They didn't get too far in life.

Like school, adults can always blame bankers or some secret cabal in the cellar for their problem instead of having to look inwards.

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