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The Complexity of Ease

The Complexity of Ease

One more way the American middle class is squeezed.

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Michael David Cobb Bowen
Aug 11, 2020
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American life today is not harder, it’s more complex.

American life in the 50s and 60s was hard but simple.

So there were a few simple formulas for success and it all boiled down to hard work. You want a house, you need to put 10% down and make 3x your monthly mortgage payment. There were no credit scores, there were no fancy loans. You went and sat down …

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