Top 20% of Upper Middle Class Widening the Gap Between Us and Them
The 99% is a misleading concept. The upper middle class makes up about 20% of the population and are very good at pointing the finger at the capitalists as the root of the disparity in wealth. This is not the case. The gap is quickly widening as a result of the upper middle class closing off any possibilities of advancement for the middle and working classes. This is how capitalism works, folks!
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Barbara
Barbara MacLean has worked as an academic and career counselor at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), Merritt and West Valley Colleges and as a career counselor and manager of the Oakland One Stop Career Center, a public career and jobs center in partnership with EDD. She is a co-founder and editor of Planning Beyond Capitalism.
This is not a duplicate comment. Apparently you have problems with both links and comment functionality. I would like to read this but the Guardian is making it impossible. Can you send a valid link to my email address?
Wow, Mark! I’m so sorry and I’m so glad you pointed this out to me. I checked the link and see it’s incorrect. Here is the correct link and I’m going to change it here and on FB. Unfortunately, Twitter doesn’t give us that option.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/04/american-dream-economics-uppper-middle-class-study
And yes – I’ve tried valiantly to change the setting for the date – to no effect. We even paid a consultant who couldn’t figure it out. If you know how to do it, please share. This is a Word Press site.
I appreciate your persistence and thank you for checking out our site! I always welcome feedback.
Barbara
I would like to read this but the Guardian is making it impossible. Can you send a valid link to my email address?