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Thor_MN

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23. Everyone from a very little bit above you to the people one thinks are in poverty.

Reply to Angry Dragon (Original post)

Fri Nov 3, 2017, 01:13 AM

Nov 2017

No matter how little people have, some think they are on the upper side of middle class, about to bust into the big time. And they want them their tax cuts. Fuck them lazy poor bastards and those richy riches, Trump's gonna give me more money!!1!

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What is the definition of middle class?? [View all] Angry Dragon Nov 2017 OP

you have to work for a living, but you can still take a vacation once in a while Skittles Nov 2017 #1

thanks for the answer but no help Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #2

Debt maveric Nov 2017 #3

that is no help Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #4

Depends where you live taught_me_patience Nov 2017 #5

200,000 would put you in the top 10% Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #7

So what... that's a household of two middle-managers taught_me_patience Nov 2017 #9

$350k is a nearly the 1% BainsBane Nov 2017 #11

350k in very expensive cities is not fucking rich n/t taught_me_patience Nov 2017 #12

The 1% starts in the low $400s BainsBane Nov 2017 #14

it certainly is fucking rich, i'm in Los Angeles and could live VERY WELL with that amount JI7 Nov 2017 #21

To me it means you may own a home...you earn a good living and have disposable Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #6

sounds like at least the top 10% Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #8

My definition BainsBane Nov 2017 #10

"Are You in America's Middle Class?" left-of-center2012 Nov 2017 #13

say from $42,000 to $120,000 Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #16

It's very hard to use that definition in major cities like LA, NY, or Chicago. Tatiana Nov 2017 #17

that just seems insane Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #18

It is. Tatiana Nov 2017 #19

What my family used to be.... Pachamama Nov 2017 #15

Are you seriously asking the question ProudLib72 Nov 2017 #20

The point I was trying to make is that no one really knows what the middle class is Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #22

Everyone from a very little bit above you to the people one thinks are in poverty. Thor_MN Nov 2017 #23