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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can any of you who want us to believe $300K is not affluent tell me why you persist in arguing that you are "middle class"?  I've asked this before on DCUM -- why are you so deeply ashamed of what you have?

Is it because you know you only have it for reasons that have nothing to do with your merit?[/quote]

I'm one who thinks 300k hhi is middle class. It's been clearly explained multiple times on multiple threads why people think 300k is not affluent/rich/whatever. If you want to remain willfully ignorant on why we feel the way we do, that's on you. If you want to believe you're rich on your 100 or 300k income, go ahead. I guarantee most people in this area don't agree with you.[/quote]

Your problem is that you're "thinking" something that is contrary to actual fact. The distribution of income is a mathematical reality. Regardless of how you "feel" about your affluence, you are affluent/rich if your annual HHI is $300K. That figure puts you firmly in the upper echelon in every corner of America, including DC.

I'm guessing you don't "feel" rich because you choose to spend your wealth on things that the vast majority of people who earn much less (including the vast majority of people who live in this area) either (1) pay a lot less for or (2) don't buy at all. That's your choice, but it doesn't make you any less rich.

And you still didn't answer my question: Why are you so determined to avoid being branded wealthy? What is it about your success that shames you? [/quote]
+ 1 I'm one of the PPs - single, just over $100k, with a well-funded retirement account and a very nice lifestyle - whom the snob above is labeling as one of [b]"the poors."[/b] So I'd like to piggy-back on your question about why these 1%ers avoid being branded wealthy....I would also like to know why they enjoy branding a successful professional worth $1 million one of "the poors." Why do they take pleasure in offending others?

P.S. To answer another question about politics asked above, I am conservative (although I cringe when Trump speaks.) I think the person (or people) putting down individuals earning in the low six-figures as qualifying for government assistance is/are liberal.

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