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July 1, 2009

Middle class

"Even when uttered by Democrats, middle class often sounds like a
mealymouthed way of saying, Us, and not them, where them includes poor
people, snake handlers and those with pierced tongues."


- - Barbara Ehrenreich

.IncomeHousingEducation
$500,000 +..
$250,000 - $500,000 +2.
$100,000 - $250,000 +..
$250,000 - $500,000 +.1.

The debate over who and what are middle class will become more intense as economic programs are aimed and promoted to rescue, assist, and promote the middle class.

See 1. $250,000 to $500,000 income mortgage struggle.
2. new healthcare taxes on individuals earning $280,000 and up.
Middle class: only up to $250, 000 annual income ?
Under $250,000 is middle class: Obama
Middle class at $150k
America's middle class is motorized mobilized
Krugman and Clinton: middle class up to $250,000 in 1993
Middle class is in the middle
Middle class, social security, FICA taxes