OK. Who used to be Middle Class?

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6. depends on how you define middle class and poor

I probably always identified as middle class, even when I was relatively poor.

I spent most of my working life well into the bottom 20%. Now I am about 35th percentile and looking to semi-retire and get back into the bottom 20%.

I would consider that to be a step UP for me. I am sick of the long hours, the responsibilities and the outright bullsh*t of my supervisor job. I don't really need the money, for one thing. For another thing, I cannot enjoy the money if I don't feel secure in my job.

The major definition of middle class these days though seems to use the Romney definition.

I am kinda tired of arguing that on DU.

Because you are right. From a policy perspective, nobody cares about the bottom 40%. All this talk of "middle class" just seems to mean "oh, we need to help those in the 80-99% income range, the middle class is suffering".