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Where Do I Fall in the American Economic Class System? The answer is not that simple.
US News ^ | 10/30/2019 | By Susannah Snider

Posted on 10/30/2019 1:15:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 10/30/2019 1:15:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Should be classified as follows:
2 posted on 10/30/2019 1:18:14 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: SeekAndFind

Can ya afford groceries this week? If yes, you’re good. For this week.


3 posted on 10/30/2019 1:25:40 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: DannyTN

Brilliant!


4 posted on 10/30/2019 1:28:26 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: SeekAndFind

My wifes side of the family are all firefighters in a large city.

Her cousin retired recently at age 56. His pension is $148k per year.

Every time I go to her family reunions I have to bite my tongue. All they do is complain about how bad their jobs are and how poorly they.

So poorly paid the majority her uncles were all ff, her cousins as well as her nephews.

Nepotism at it’s finest.

Makes me sick to my stomach how they complain and they all vote lib democrat


5 posted on 10/30/2019 1:30:02 PM PDT by setter
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To: SeekAndFind

Left out the most important factor...overall WEALTH!

Income is a measure...but overall not even the most important measure of where one “fits” into a financial society...unfortunately!

In fact, income may not allone even be a factor that can help you change your level /place or position in a monetary society....”your income may never be high enough to change your place”...that’s why, of course, money and wealth is not everything in life nor is it the fruit that brings you true happiness.


6 posted on 10/30/2019 1:30:12 PM PDT by ldish (Have had enough...you??????)
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Your location also has a major impact on how you feel you stack up class-wise. “Making $120,000 per year is a lot different in small-town Indiana than it is in New York City,” says Frank Newport, senior scientist at Gallup.

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This. This is almost as important as income in determining where you are in the income class structures here in America.

A $500,000 home in California could be had for $150,000 in Normal America.


7 posted on 10/30/2019 1:31:54 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: SeekAndFind; Lazmataz

The answer IS that simple: I’m comfortable; I’m happy, because I make other people happy and I help others that truly need my help.

Also, after many, many days and hours and restarts and delays, I FINALLY made it to Diamond City. I let Piper know Laz was doing well.

Next question.


8 posted on 10/30/2019 1:33:28 PM PDT by AF_Blue (My decision-making skills closely resemble those of a squirrel when crossing a road)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sure it’s simple.

I. DON’T. CARE.


9 posted on 10/30/2019 1:39:13 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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I like the older Chris Rock routine.

Shaq is rich. The guy who signs Shaq’s paycheck is wealthy.


10 posted on 10/30/2019 1:48:47 PM PDT by skinndogNN
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$350k is “rich”?? Not after taxes.


11 posted on 10/30/2019 1:53:53 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: ldish
Left out the most important factor...overall WEALTH!

Here is an article from earlier this month that focuses on wealth.

-PJ

12 posted on 10/30/2019 1:54:00 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: CodeToad

It depends on where you are. A household income $350K in Manhattan,2 adults and 2 kids,would probably make you middle class. In most parts of Georgia (or Iowa) it would make you damn rich.


13 posted on 10/30/2019 2:06:43 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: ldish

I noticed that. Very strange!


14 posted on 10/30/2019 2:09:09 PM PDT by carcraft (Pray for our Country)
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To: SeekAndFind
I have a warm dry place to sleep, clean water to drink, food for tomorrow, clothes and my sweetie.

We may not have a bunch of money but we are rich.

15 posted on 10/30/2019 2:10:39 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A hero is a hero no matter what medal they give him. Likewise a schmuck is still a schmuck.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

In Colorado, it’s a nice living but far from rich.


16 posted on 10/30/2019 2:27:21 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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Yup - I'm middle class. And white. And straight. And Christian.

I am so sorry.....

/sarc

17 posted on 10/30/2019 2:59:28 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: CodeToad
There are many Left Coast beautiful people who like Colorado just as many East Coast beautiful people like Martha's Vineyard. Those areas of Colorado where they hang out surely ain't cheap.And there are surely parts of "Greater Denver" that aren't cheap.

But how about the rest of the state?

18 posted on 10/30/2019 3:00:41 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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Not cheap anywhere, really. So many people love the area that even the remote plains and mountains areas are also on the higher side.


19 posted on 10/30/2019 3:02:42 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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In the metro area where I live a 4 bedroom house averages $500-$600K. How about Greater Denver?


20 posted on 10/30/2019 3:05:15 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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