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Underclass

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Underclass
The lowest level of the socioeconomic spectrum. The underclass may be intermittently employed but generally are thought to include long-term welfare recipients, drug and alcohol addicts, and petty criminals. They are distinguished from the working poor and the lower middle class.
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The rise of the underclass also explains why Labour turned a blind eye to the flood of immigrants now submerging the British way of life.
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