Reply #71: the middle class tends to be upwardly defined anyway [View All]

All those households making between $80,000 and $250,000 are considered by Obama and many Democratic politicians to be "middle class". During the debates, it was suggested to raise the FICA taxes on people making over $104,000 a year and Richardson immediately objected - "that would be a tax increase on the middle class" and Hillary applauded too. Candidate Hillary started calling that a "billion dollar tax increase on the middle class" and I attacked her for that on DU http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/65 and not too much after that Obama swatted her down in a debate, using the same basic facts.

But the "middle" tends to be the 60th to 90th percentile. Meaning that those below 60% can go hang, because it is the middle class that matters.

But your distinction is ridiculous too, like Bill Self and My self are both "working class" because we both live on wages. Bill gets $3 million a year, and I get $14,000, but we are both working class. Okay, maybe Self was a bad example, what with his ten year contract. What about my cousin Keno Davis? Sure, he made millions over the last few years, but he just got fired, and at some point he will need another job.