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From: aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Nippies!
Message-ID: <2424@pucc-h>
Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 00:48:31 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 12 00:48:31 1985
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Summary: Nippies described by media! (though not under that name)

Several weeks ago, U.S. News & World Report had a feature article on what they
called the "New Collar Class", the modern-day descendant of the blue-collar
class (since actual blue-collar workers do not constitute that high a
percentage of the populace any more).  This consists of people aged 21 to 40,
with incomes from $15,000 to $30,000; many are in occupations that are
important (e.g., nursing) but not especially well paid.  And there are quite
a few million of these people, in fact several times more of them than there
are yuppies, seeing that what we're talking about here is the middle class of
the baby boom.  Some members of this class call themselves "the backbone of
America".  And apparently, the politicians are finally waking up to them.
One pol commented that he was more worried about the computer programmer
driving a used Chevy than about the computer salesman driving a Volvo.

The funny thing was the way US News distinguished between New Collars and
Yuppies; the distinction was based on income, with the line of demarcation
being $30,000.  Odd; when I ceased to be a New Collar and became a Yuppie
(going by pretax income), I didn't feel any wrenching change....

It occurs to me that one advantage of the name New Collar instead of Nippie
is that [especially in this group! :-)] the second "i" of Nippie stands a
good chance of being misread as an "l".

-- 
-- Jeff Sargent
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