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Re:50% of All Workers Made Less than $26,000 in 2010 by spenrose on Thursday October 20, 2011 @04:22PM (#3136768)
More on this topic:

http://www.selfsufficiencystandard.org/

It's bad out there. Most people live lives of quiet desperation.

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Re:50% of All Workers Made Less than $26,000 in 2010 by spacehaven on Thursday October 20, 2011 @04:55PM (#3136941)
Judging by the hordes of people on the streets with signs, desperation doesn't sound so quiet lately.
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Re:50% of All Workers Made Less than $26,000 in 2010 by tomkarlo on Thursday October 20, 2011 @11:54PM (#3138322)
"Hordes?"

15% of the country lives in poverty. (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/us/14census.html?pagewante...)

Imagine what it would look like if 1 in 6 people took to the streets. 50 million. That's a horde.

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Re:50% of All Workers Made Less than $26,000 in 2010 by hugh3 on Thursday October 20, 2011 @05:28PM (#3137143)
Oh purleez. There's what, a couple of thousand of 'em nationwide? The same damn crowd that protests.... everything?
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Re:50% of All Workers Made Less than $26,000 in 2010 by jquery on Thursday October 20, 2011 @09:58PM (#3137995)
That goes for people rich and poor. We all have to face death.
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