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Date Posted: 15:36:01 11/08/03 Sat
Author: Rich Ballasch
Subject: America - has it kept it's Promise to you?

I am 57 years old and my wife is 56. We have worked hard all of our lives. As children of the post World War II baby boom, we were taught that if we worked hard and followed the rules, our lives would be somewhat successful and we could look forward to a comfortable retirement in which we would not have to worry about getting sick or where the money would come from to survive the latest cost of living hike.
A simple thing like a medical crisis, or loss of primary employment can make this promise crumble into dust. In millions of cases each year it already has and is continueing to do so at a faster and faster rate.
We were not taught that in America the class system would soon grow to represent only three major groups, the "Very Rich Class", the "Just Getting By" middle class and the desperately poor "Servant" class.
If America was built on equality, then what do you think has brought us to this point? We have become a nation of "Haves" and "Have Nots". Does this nation deserve to continue to exist if it keeps going in this direction?

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