What is "Middle Class"?

[BackAgain]

Tis a good question, but it is sort of cute how you pretend it is just the Libs that do it.

It is a good question. You got that part right.

Of course, it is primarily libs who view our nation as one vested in “class” distinctions.

 

[1srelluc]

I'm solid middle class but I can pinch a nickel so hard that the NDN ends up riding the buffalo.

LOL.....George Washington blinks when he comes out of my wallet.

I have a steadfast rule when indulging my gun habit.....If I can't turn around and make money on it the next day if I wanted to I'll usually pass.

 

[Woodznutz]

LOL.....George Washington blinks when he comes out of my wallet.

I have a steadfast rule when indulging my gun habit.....If I can't turn around and make money on it the next day if I wanted to I'll usually pass.

You and Eli Whitney, who said, "I don't invent things that I can't sell."

 

[Dogmaphobe]

There are actually TWO elements to the notion of class, not just one. Income obviously plays a major part but so do value systems and education.

Hand a piece of white trash a million dollars and they are still white trash. Same with ghetto trash. Fire a responsible middle manager from their job and they don't stop being middle class.

There is A lot more to it than just money.

 

[Woodznutz]

Lower, middle, or upper, in this context is merely a "classification" regarding wealth and income.

 

[Blues Man]

The individual median income for the entire country is about 52K a year (47K for women, 57K for men)


The median household income is about 68K per year.

So by definition this is the middle with 50% of people and/or households above and 50% below those income levels.

So the best range to use IMO would be the population with incomes 10% above and below the median which would give the the middle quintile

 

[initforme]

In reality I'd put the bottom end of the middle class at about 80k household income. Probably closer to 90k is more accurate.

 

[Ralph Norton]

In reality I'd put the bottom end of the middle class at about 80k household income. Probably closer to 90k is more accurate.

For how many people?

 

[initforme]

Two parents one child.