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How is your gvt trying to screw you?
Re: How is your gvt trying to screw you?
by AAA » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 11:50:54
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')If you think a person can't be middle class and not own a home, well, we just have different definitions of the label "middle class."
')If you think a person can't be middle class and not own a home, well, we just have different definitions of the label "middle class."
How would you define middle class in America?
Part of my definition of middle class would be the ability to purchase a single family residence in the area you live that is in a nice and safe neighborhood.
How can Ludi spend 8-10 hrs/day on the internet and claim to be homesteading???
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Re: How is your gvt trying to screw you?
by Ludi » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 12:16:17
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')How would you define middle class in America?
')How would you define middle class in America?
The ability to pay for a place to live, food, clothing, some entertainment, on an income within the middle 3 quintiles, depending on family size.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AAA', 'P')art of my definition of middle class would be the ability to purchase a single family residence in the area you live that is in a nice and safe neighborhood.
In my definition, being middle class doesn't guarantee you the ability to live anywhere you want - that is a luxury for the wealthy - those in the 5th quintile.
For instance, I might be able to afford a small apartment on the Sunset strip on a middle class income, but I shouldn't expect to be able to buy a house there just because I happen to live there.
Nice apartment on the Sunset Strip: $1100- $1300 per month
House near the Sunset Strip (West Hollywood): $2,475,000
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Re: How is your gvt trying to screw you?
by AAA » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 12:39:28
So you don't think middle class various from one part of the world to the next?
How can Ludi spend 8-10 hrs/day on the internet and claim to be homesteading???
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Re: How is your gvt trying to screw you?
by Ludi » Wed 01 Apr 2009, 17:12:53
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AAA', 'S')o you don't think middle class various from one part of the world to the next?
I'm talking about the middle class in the USA, because you asked "How would you define middle class in America". There are parts of the US where the middle class can't afford to buy a house. Just because they might want to live in those areas and can't afford to, doesn't make them poor.
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