blog 11

Blog 11: Abramowitz, Alan. "The Decline of the White Working Class and the Rise of a Mass Upper-Middle Class." Political Science Quarterly Fall 2009: 391-422. Web. 7 Apr 2011

The article “The Decline of the White Working Class and the Rise of a Mass Upper-Middle Class” focuses on the change in the classes of the U.S since World War II. This article argues that the white-collar working class of the pre-World War II era has changed to an upper middle class. The factors that have caused this are education, income and new jobs. This article also discusses the shift of many white Americans to the republican party from the democratic party due to interests in the political issues since then. This article does not exactly cover the issues I thought it would. I am researching the potential decrease of the number of people in the middle class and the increase in the gap between the rich upper class and the poor lower class. I think I should maybe consider changing my topic, because this one seems vague and maybe incorrect. I rushed into picking a topic due to the simple fact that I am a bit of a procrastinator. I know this is not an excuse, but I will attempt to use it nonetheless. Procrastination is an interesting concept. Of course, it is the scourge of the teenager, college student, and occasionally average adult. Yet, procrastination has it's place. Many a time have I put off writing a paper until the night before it was due and written a paper I was proud of. Procrastination kind of creates a fight or flight situation; you either just write the damn paper or go to bed cause its late.