Social class - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Social classes are the hierarchical arrangements of people in society as economic or cultural groups. Class is an essential object of analysis for sociologists, political economists and social histor...
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dalliance13, on 10/11/2007, -8/+21The upper class in America constitutes less than 1% of the population. The lower, or "working class," is less than 20%. You don't need an interactive web page to know that if you're a digg user, you're most likely middle class.
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When asking Americans how they would describe their families' wealth and social status, most will answer with the non-descriptive label of "middle class." But what exactly does this mean? ... The lower and upper ends of this range represent the 20th and 90th percentile of the population, accounting for 70 percent of U...
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Tim and Pamela belong to lower-class families. Life is hard for them and it is a struggle to survive. ... Of children of lower class families, those whose who were lucky enough to go to school, usually had to leave at an early age. Children had to start working to help earn money for their family. These families had...
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Lower class america seems to have a bad reputation. Lots of people just associate lower class with trashy or lazy people or drug users. It seems to me that most people assume that lower class people somewhat deserve their lot in life and that they have no desire to better themselves.
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Why is it that the hard working lower class of america that builds the foundation of our entire economy never gets any recognition, and then there are celebrities who never do... ... lower class does most of the work for least amount of pay yet pay the same taxes as the middle class. Seem as the only way people like to...
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Especially in America, where the idea of class is notably embarrassing. In his book Inequality ... Among percussionists, tympani is high for the same reason." And (except for the bassoon) the lower the notes an instrument is designed to produce, in general the lower its class, bass instruments being generally easier to play.
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According to a new study released by the Tax Foundation, Obama’s plan will unfairly tax the working families and lower class in America.
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americaswatchtower.com/2009/03/20/obamas-cap-and-trade-...
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(It is this last thing that allows multimillionaire George W. Bush to become lower class by speaking in a Texas twang and wearing cowboy boots.) And the realities of other classes are never portrayed, except in a stereotyped, mocking tone. ... The PBS documentary People Like Us: Social Class in America is the rare exception.
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www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001686
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