Middle Class Traction #2 : Income → Stability

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https://thehickoryhound.blogspot.com/2026/01/middle-class-traction-2-income-stability.html

MIDDLE CLASS TRACTION – Conversion 

 Middle Class Traction #2: Income → Stability - examines whether full-time work still produces basic household security. Employment remains widespread, but income increasingly fails to rebuild savings, reduce risk, or absorb routine disruptions. This piece looks at underemployment, disappearing buffers, and pay raises that no longer advance stability, asking a simple question: does work still convert into a secure footing, or does it now only maintain position under constant pressure?

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• middle class

• income and stability

• household economics

• wages and cost of living

• underemployment

• affordability pressure

• economic security

• work and stability

• middle class traction

• shrinking middle class

• labor and wages

• household resilience