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 Slimey Toad  Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 21 Dec 17 10.36am |
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Working classes have jobs they had to do in order to live, and hated them. Middle classes had professions they had to do in in order to live, and generally liked them.
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johnfirewall  21 Dec 17 10.46am |
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It's virtually meaningless now outside of identity politics. We had an era of the bracket being defined by those who didn't actually work, with those who did having no interest in such labels. I suppose now it's defined by those claiming in-work or other benefits, which if you include Child Benefit is the majority of families. When you consider books like Owen Jones' 'Chavs' we're just a political football for the left who now care more about those who aren't white.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 21 Dec 17 11.09am |
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Originally posted by johnfirewall
It's virtually meaningless now outside of identity politics. We had an era of the bracket being defined by those who didn't actually work, with those who did having no interest in such labels. I suppose now it's defined by those claiming in-work or other benefits, which if you include Child Benefit is the majority of families. When you consider books like Owen Jones' 'Chavs' we're just a political football for the left who now care more about those who aren't white. Have you read the book?
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 21 Dec 17 11.30am |
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''Have you ever spent a night in Glasgow? Then you'll consider yourself middle class.'' Ronnie Barker in Porridge. Written by Dick Clement & Iain La Frenais. Newcastle reused by them in Auf Wiedersehn Pet 2.
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| topcat Holmesdale / Surbiton 21 Dec 17 11.39am |
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Originally posted by Slimey Toad
Working classes have jobs they had to do in order to live, and hated them. Middle classes had professions they had to do in in order to live, and generally liked them. That's quite a good description.
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses. |
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| wordup 21 Dec 17 11.51am |
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lump of coal for christmas
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| johnfirewall 21 Dec 17 12.09pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Have you read the book? No. And I have no intention of doing so unless it attributes some of the problem to the left and identifies the point at which he decided to care about the poor. Sadly it was pre-Thornberry so there was no opportunity for him to address those warped ideas from those who should be fighting the corner of the working class, but ironically the pair of them are actually quite close. Sums it up for me and brings me back to my previous post. Edited by johnfirewall (21 Dec 2017 12.11pm)
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 21 Dec 17 12.15pm |
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Originally posted by johnfirewall
No. And I have no intention of doing so unless it attributes some of the problem to the left and identifies the point at which he decided to care about the poor. Sadly it was pre-Thornberry so there was no opportunity for him to address those warped ideas from those who should be fighting the corner of the working class, but ironically the pair of them are actually quite close. Sums it up for me and brings me back to my previous post. Edited by johnfirewall (21 Dec 2017 12.11pm) How can you know this if you haven't read it?
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| elgrande bedford 21 Dec 17 8.14pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
In pure money terms I would say that working class is probably where the household income is below 40 grand....so obviously that covers a large number of people....but it's of course dependent upon where you live and how expensive that is, expanding and contracting in relation to that. Working class though is more a frame of mine.....an allegiance to the people at the nitty gritty.....the coal face....rather than the world of the chattering classes who think they are above it all.....using the protections that money and location provides. Edited by Stirlingsays (21 Dec 2017 8.34am)[/quote I don't really give myself a class,I now work for a living( after spending years and years pushing a cab around
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).| JRW2 Dulwich 21 Dec 17 8.33pm |
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Originally posted by .TUX.
The bottom >95% that happily support, generally without question, the top <5%. If you believe it, the top 1% of earners pay 27% of the country's total income tax take.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 21 Dec 17 8.38pm |
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Originally posted by JRW2
If you believe it, the top 1% of earners pay 27% of the country's total income tax take. Which shows the obscene amounts of money they must earn doesn't it.
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| JRW2 Dulwich 21 Dec 17 8.53pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Which shows the obscene amounts of money they must earn doesn't it. It shows that they are the country's highest earners - which is what I said.
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