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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are we still going on about this?

No, we cannot stop referring to households making $200-$300 K as "middle class,"  because they are firmly in the middle class by every definition. Middle class does not mean "median income," and it does not mean you have to be "struggling financially," whatever that means to you. Middle class defines a social class, of which income is only a part.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_middle_class[/quote]

This is a sociological definition that essentially means the professional-managerial class.  This definition places the "middle class" in between the very wealthy and the working class majority.  If we want to use that definition, fine, but keep in mind that the "middle class" using that definition is quite a privileged group in society.

To most Americans though, "middle class" means middle income.  And people in the top 5% of HH incomes in the country claiming that their standard of living is "not all that different" from average people are either clueless or disingenuous.  [/quote]

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