Sunday, June 17, 2007

Who's The Middle Class?

The Corner on National Review Online: "...No matter what the Left says, quintiles don’t actually shrink, and neither does the middle class. The middle class is constituted by all those with annual income in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quintiles. That means household income between $19,000 and $91,000. Three-fifths of the population, right there..."

Sorry, but I don't see how $19,000 buys you a middle class lifestyle. The gulf between $20k and $80k is immense out here in the real world. In most areas, $60k will barely get you a house, car, medical insurance, and a college fund, and probably, one of those is going to go if you plan on eating out anywhere other than Taco Bell. For a good example see the lyrics of "We Can't Make It Here."

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