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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
That shows the difficulty of being middle class TODAY. In the 50s through 70s my father had a UNION job and without my mother working at all, he paid off his house and bought a new car every 3 years. THAT was how a TRUE middle class was better than this so-called middle class today.
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Yeah, those crazy union jobs. The union had their place but the balance was lost, IMHO. We had friends where the husband worked for a city. His retirement payout was huge and complete health care coverage. No co-pays, hearing aids, vision, dental, everything included and it was a gold mine. Unfortunately, the city went under trying to keep up with those blue collar bennies. Took them a while to recover and retirement benefits were realigned since they were unsustainable.