Question

The year is 1930. You are a middle class man/woman living in New York City. Your savings bank has closed and your money is gone. You have lost your job. Describe your life in terms of economic, political and social welfare.

Answer 1

So if I was a middle-class woman living in New York City in the 1930s. Economically, my life wouldn't be going that great if I was basically poor because, in the 1930s, you had to fight for your food. If you lost, you wouldn't eat until morning. Politically though, I would manage even though I don't have a job. My social welfare might boost me up because if I was middle-class, then that would possibly mean that I'd have people/other middle-class citizens to help me find a job or at least help get me food and water.