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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still do not understand the almost aggressive way DCUMers making $300K want to be called middle class. Why are you not proud of having achieved more than 95% of other people?

That's like telling people your kid with 4.5 GPA is an average student. It doesn't make you seem humble, it makes you seem hopelessly greedy. "I have soooooo much, but I want MORE."[/quote]

The reason why has been pointed out numerous times in this thread. Your lack of understanding boils down to being dense at this point.

Of course I am proud of my achievements. I live a disciplined life of hard work, with long hours and tireless dedication. I pay a huge amount in taxes each year, and the lifestyle I live is not fabulous, just marginally better than the average middle class. Yet at every opportunity, liberal politicians label me as the rich, they claim I don't pay my fair share. They use their position of power to rally the masses against the likes of me in order to advance their agenda. People like you then pile on top telling me how good I have it. Yes, I have it good, but it's not as good as you imagine it. I am more like you than I am like someone in the top 0.5%. We share the same concerns, we have the same need to stay working to support a family. [/quote]

I can relate to this.  It's just very hard to be told that because I make $200K I am a bank for wealth redistribution.  It is further galling that the rate that will be applied to my $200K in DC would be the same as the rate applied to someone making $200K in say, Oklahoma, where the cost of living is significantly less.   Everyone seems to want a piece of me, from repair people to child care providers, all because I live in N. Bethesda.  I know I should be grateful, but it is tiresome to be told I am rich, when I have to count every penny to make sure my kids can go to college because we won't get any aid, because people think I am rich.    Again, if I could make half that and move to Iowa, I would to get away from all the hubbub of DC.  This place is ridiculous.  And, unfortunately, I don't get to leave my work at the office.  It follows me home by virtue of my smartphone.

And, please don't tell me that I don't know what it is like to make virtually nothing in a high priced area.  I spent 4 years in the military in a high priced region of the country knowing what it is like not to afford anything.  What blows my mind is the cost of having kids in this area.  [/quote]

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