Several years ago, the Brookings Institute did a study on American society and the decisions made by different groups. They identified a very short list of actions, that if taken, they almost assure anyone can live a middle-class lifestyle.
We expanded on their work with two additional factors that we believe sit along side their as very important.
I hoped to condense this to just one article, but it is too much and too important to abbreviate. Perhaps it is our age and/or represents the sum of what
In the first installment of this discussion, we laid out the findings by Ron Haskins and Isabel V. Sawhill of The Brookings Institute in their article titled “Work and Marriage: The Way
If we found a magic lantern and were given one wish, our one wish would be for the restoration of marriage before having children as the norm for our nation.
In this fourth installment, we want to touch on the importance of education in avoiding poverty and directing yourself toward at least a middle-class lifestyle in America. Our first three
Returning to the study by the Brookings Institute, one of the key behaviors identified by them, to live at least a middle-class life in America is work. This essential key
In the late 1980’s I was sitting in a pew in the First Presbyterian Church in Orlando, Florida and listened to a sermon that made a lasting impression on me.
This final topic is deliberately last for several reasons. First, in sequencing these issues, this one can override the good decisions in earlier four. Second, with our modern generation this