Re:I was tricked into thinking I had “grit”
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:07PM
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Not sure 'massive proportion' is right? I think its less than 50M in America, employed at labor jobs. That's around 12%?
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Re:I was tricked into thinking I had “grit”
by charwalker on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @06:22PM
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Pew suggests about 50% of America is the middle class, earning about $78k a year. I'm not sure what fraction is in manual labor jobs but if labor means working then the rate is about 62%.
From BLS data, about 12.7% of the population lives in poverty, workers/children/etc. This group is disproportionately minority (non white) and an example of the social failing of the richest nation in history.