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Barack_America

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8. I'd say you're lower middle class.

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 10:15 AM

Dec 2012

Above the 2012 poverty line for a two-person family.

But, in reality, it all depends how much "stuff" you buy. If you buy a lot of "stuff", then yeah, you're probably working poor.

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So my wife and I are the working Poor? We make about $1,800 a month. If we are lucky $31,000 a year. [View all] diabeticman Dec 2012 OP

It looks like the term "middle class" is becoming obsolete. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #1

Hugs Harry_Scrote Dec 2012 #2

There's the über-wealthy Top 1% - then there's everyone else. baldguy Dec 2012 #3

The problem is inflation distortion. Divide by 10. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #4

Definitions are deliberately "fuzzied".. SoCalDem Dec 2012 #5

Agreed Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #6

Feel awful for you and your wife.. trumad Dec 2012 #7

I'd say you're lower middle class. Barack_America Dec 2012 #8