What is Meant by "Middle Class"?
middle class n.
The socioeconomic class between the working class and the upper class.
mid'dle-class' (m?d'l-kl?s') adj.
Looked this definition up at www.GuruNet.com.
One of the "blessings" proclaimed in the Plus Column for Mr. Reagan (the bastard) was that he reduced the tax code from [multiple] tax brackets to only three. In the Guru definition above (taken from some established dictionary I didn't pay attention to) there appear to be three (gasp at the coincidence!) socioeconomic classes. So I wonder if a "technical" definition with numbers involved might read like this: Americans in the lowest tax bracket are "working class," people in the middle bracket are "middle class," and people in the top bracket are "upper class"? Sound fair?
Since I don't know what bracket I'm in, I can't say which "class" I belong to. I suppose this means that ... wait for it! ...
I have no class!
The socioeconomic class between the working class and the upper class.
mid'dle-class' (m?d'l-kl?s') adj.
Looked this definition up at www.GuruNet.com.
One of the "blessings" proclaimed in the Plus Column for Mr. Reagan (the bastard) was that he reduced the tax code from [multiple] tax brackets to only three. In the Guru definition above (taken from some established dictionary I didn't pay attention to) there appear to be three (gasp at the coincidence!) socioeconomic classes. So I wonder if a "technical" definition with numbers involved might read like this: Americans in the lowest tax bracket are "working class," people in the middle bracket are "middle class," and people in the top bracket are "upper class"? Sound fair?
Since I don't know what bracket I'm in, I can't say which "class" I belong to. I suppose this means that ... wait for it! ...
I have no class!
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