• otp@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    There are different schools of thought.

    Some schools of thought say that anyone who has to work for their money (including business owners) are not upper class.

    I like going with the statistical middle class because it’s less subjective regarding what it’s actually the middle.

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      2 months ago

      I can be less subjective. To afford the things I described I would assume a two earner household with income greater than $150k.

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        2 months ago

        That’s approaching the top 10% of household incomes in the US. It seems odd to me to refer to that portion of the distribution as “middle”