[Defenestrated]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/mccain/5million.asp

What a bourgeoisie mothafvcker!

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

McCain keeps saying that Obama is going to raise your taxes.

Obama says that he will cut taxes for 95% of working Americans and will raise taxes of those who make over $250,000.

Maybe McCain thinks 95% of Americans make over $250k.


Or, he's just a lying sack of sh1t.

 

[Defenestrated]

I think that when a candidate can't identify the parameters of the American middle class he really should have no business representing them.

It is frightening to think that the majority of McCain's support will be from a class which he seems to not only have no empathy towards, but also can not define.

 

[N8 v2.0]

It is frightening to think that the majority of McCain's support will be from a class which he seems to not only have no empathy towards, but also can not define.

if that frightens you then you really are a pusi

 

[X3pilot]

Middle class is subjective, not quantitative.

There is no standard definition, and in fact, an overwhelming majority of Americans say they are "middle class" or "upper-middle class" or "working class" in public opinion polls. Hardly anybody considers themselves "lower class" or "upper class" in America.

It's possible to come up with a definition of what constitutes "middle income," but it will depend on how large a slice of the middle one prefers. If we look at U.S. Census Bureau statistics, which divide household income into quintiles, we could say that the "middle" quintile, or 20 percent, might be the "middle" class. In 2006, the average income for households in that middle group was $48,561 and the upper limit was $60,224. But we could just as reasonably use another Census figure, median family income. In 2006, the median – or "middle" – income for a family of four was $70,354. Half of all four-person families made more; half made less.

And if he gets the majority of support from that 'class', we're in trouble..

Other polls suggest that 90 percent or more of Americans consider themselves to be "middle class" or "upper-middle class" or "working class." An April 2007 poll by CBS News found that of 994 adults surveyed only 2 percent said they were "upper class," and 7 percent said they were "lower class."

link

 

[Samirol]

Some 53% of adults in America say they are middle class. On key measures of well-being -- income, wealth, health, optimism about the future -- they tend to fall between those who identify with classes above and below them. But within this self-defined middle class, there are notable economic and demographic differences. For example, four-in-ten Americans with incomes below $20,000 say they are middle class, as do a third of those with incomes above $150,000. And about the same percentages of blacks (50%), Hispanics (54%) and whites (53%) self-identify as middle class, even though members of minority groups who say they are middle class have far less income and wealth than do whites who say they are middle class.


http://pewsocialtrends.org/pubs/706/middle-class-poll


Obviously the subjective method is unreliable

 

[DirtMcGirk]

Why isn't there a group for my people.

"Straight Ghetto" has such a nice ring to it.

 

[Defenestrated]

Why isn't there a group for my people.

"Straight Ghetto" has such a nice ring to it.

Brooklyn Zoo?

 

[DirtMcGirk]

Brooklyn Zoo?

Maybe, I'd blend in with the rest of the apes