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    We should care because the middle class is being exploited financially and socially. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. The wealth gap is further increasing and the middle class growing narrower and narrower. However, this narrow group of Americans is the ones paying the taxes to keep this government operating, which doesn’t seem logical. The middle class will be faced with more taxes. However, these taxes are not benefiting the middle class that much, instead, they are

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    Domesticity in 19th Century White Middle Class America The nineteenth century marked a turning point for women in the United States. As men took work outside of the home women were left to cultivate a place that could serve as a haven from the harsh outside world. This change created a domestic sphere ru d by women; it paramounted from simple household organization to matters involving moral and religious responsibility, health, education, and social duty. Women found power in their new

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    Victorian England’s class system was made up of 4 sections, the upper class, middle class, working class, and underclass.. The upper class was made up of the royal class, people from royals, queens, kings, etc. Then the middle upper class, consisting of great officers and temporal lords. Lower upper class, which includes, mostly wealthy businessmen. The middle class includes the higher middle class, people with a high amount of money, or social status. Then the lower middle class were people who worked

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    As a current member of the middle class discourse community I feel like I am over all in a successful community. Where the average family is able to live and not struggle to pay every bill or expense. In this community the members do stress but overall they are able to live happy lives and be contributors to society. As a current member of the middle class discourse community I have one simple goal, to stay in it as I grow up or at least move up in society financial pyramid. As a nineteen-year-old

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    Building Up the Middle Class The middle class is like the engine to The United States economy. In order to rebuild the middle class, the American people will have to focus on the job crisis. Set the agenda to create good jobs. You cannot rebuild the middle class without putting America back to work. Too many Americans cannot find work at all; too many workers are toiling in jobs that don’t pay enough to support families. Meanwhile, the jobs that will grow the most in the next decade are expected

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    Woes for the American Middle Class Over the past few decades, the “American Dream” vision has been quickly vanishing as a result of the increasing troubles and weakening of the middle class. It has lost the view of being the most successful and wealthy middle class in the world, while the middle classes in other countries are excelling in earning higher middle and lower class incomes. The issue of the declining wealth of the middle class explains a huge problem in the United States’ future prosperity

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    define the 'middle class '? BY LI KUI-WAI Published: Mar 15 2013 8:50  Email |  Print |  Share Text Size   The definition of “middle class” has been debated recently in Hong Kong. One simplistic definition would be to take the median or average income and those who received the middle” level of income are the “middle class”. Such a definition is easy to understand in mathematical terms, but is naive and has a number of drawbacks. Firstly, how close the income level to the “middle” would be included

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    main classes: Upper Class, Middle Class and Working Class. The Upper Class consisted of the wealthy, nobles, and any one with relations to the royal family. These people saw the life of luxury and did not have to worry about because depending on who you were, your family probably owned a major mining or shipping business. People in this class saw many privileged like access to phenomenal education and tutors and they could import expensive good from different countries. One class that was growing

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    . Current trends in the middle class In the current century, the middle class is struggling with some issues in the society. Some of the major challenge facing the middle class is debts especially the college loans. From loans, the middle class gets less for more work. Technically, they earn less despite their hard work and this means that they hardly get enough to pay debts as well as save for their future. In addition, the much middle class will tend to reside with their parents to cut down

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    classified as members of the middle class. After reading about it in our current sociology book, I now understand why people fall into the class that they are characterized by. A person who is considered as a middle class-man has a moderate income. Also, as explained in our textbook, they are skilled laborers, own property, and have some form of education (Carl 125). In a way we follow the same descriptions as our textbook explains about people who are in the middle class. My mom is a registered nurse

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