Incógnita. Living Without Money. How Abstinence Programs are Written by Dishonest Fools and an Introduction to Sacred Semen. David Steindl-Rast: Want to be happy? Be grateful. Samson ? where are you when we need you! A year and a half ago Pew Research came out with a report chronicling the demise of the American middle class. According to Pew, the percentage of Americans in the middle class, households with incomes ranging from $39,000 to $118,000, has dropped from 61% in 1971 to 51% today. In percentage terms, that’s a drop of almost 20%. Now of course, the report became front page fodder for the mainstream media. Not long after it surfaced came the polls. The government – 62%,the big banks – 53%the people themselves – 8% Hmm, yes you read that right. Currently, we’re mired “neck-deep” in another season of “fantasy land” political rhetoric. Now these two cornerstones may have been appropriate thirty or forty, or even twenty years ago – but today I’m not so sure.
First, let’s discuss home ownership, the ultimate shackle of flexibility. And second, let’s talk about college, or should I say the “ball and chain” of student debt that is most often attached to it. So here we have the American Dream. Quotes About Crazy (282 quotes)