[lbo-talk] Re: working class?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Oct 17 07:29:01 PDT 2005


ravi wrote:


>I know this comes up every now and then, but I still am not satisifed
>with any attempted answers. So, I ask: What is the working class? Does
>it include white collar workers? How about $150,000/month senior
>engineers? Is wealth an issue? A recent immigrant software engineer
>might make $80,000/year but (s)he may be building his/her life in the US
>from nothing, while a $40,000/year worker might have a family home and
>future inheritance (of parental savings) that could amount to say half a
>million or more.
>
>In an earlier thread, someone criticized my questions as "trial
>lawyer"ing or some such. I will try to preempt such dismissal, once
>again, by reinforcing that these are genuine questions, not rhetorical
>or sarcastic ones.

If someone tries to dismiss your questions like that, s/he deserves a kick in the ass. They're good ones.

I'd answer the question but I have to go to the gym now.

Doug



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