This is from a dailykos blogger/contributor 0n 10/20/08 One of the things that always amazed and bothered me was that the overwhelming majority of people who rose to the top of and were most successful at the schools that I attended and companies that I worked for were themselves the children of powerful and successfulContinue reading “Elitism, Oligarchy and Democracy”
Category Archives: Middle Class
FPL to raise electric bills
Our electric bills are going up in August and again in 2009. How do these people expect us to live? We have a lot of senior citizens in Florida on social security. Seems they do not give a damn about us. Is this increase in electric bills and in gasoline prices going to be reflectedContinue reading “FPL to raise electric bills”
Energy Views
It does not appear that we can rely on government to solve our problems. If there is going to be a solution, I think it is going to have to come from the grassroots. The price of gasoline is outrageous. I think this was all planned a long time ago by Bush, Cheney and theirContinue reading “Energy Views”
Practical Solutions
Do you have any ideas that will help the middle class? I believe in the intrinsic value of education, however, I also think we need to be practical and take into consideration the realities of today’s economy. Kids should attend college but I think they should carefully consider their major area of study. Unless youContinue reading “Practical Solutions”
Health Insurance Companies Cancel Sick Patients
By Lisa Girion, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 9, 2007 One of the state’s largest health insurers set goals and paid bonuses based in part on how many individual policyholders were dropped and how much money was saved. Woodland Hills-based Health Net Inc. avoided paying $35.5 million in medical expenses by rescinding about 1,600Continue reading “Health Insurance Companies Cancel Sick Patients”
The Middle Class: What Can We Do?
I think there must be some things we can do. How many of us started out in the middle class in the 60’s only to find ourselves struggling to make ends meet these days? Sometimes things happen to cause changes in our lives…things like divorce. After a divorce, many women lose their middle income statusContinue reading “The Middle Class: What Can We Do?”
The Middle Class
I grew up in a middle class household in New Jersey in the 60’s. We were neither rich nor poor, but fairly comfortable. Today, I am not alone in my concern that my children will not have the same middle income standard of living. What is the reason for this? Well, for one thing itContinue reading “The Middle Class”
Renaissance 