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You assume that $1 above poverty line is "middle". I certainly don't.
by ryhamz 10y ago
You assume that $1 above poverty line is "middle".
I certainly don't.
- hueving 10y agoMedian income in the US: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_Unit... "nothing in the middle" is a blatant lie and hackernews discussions are much better when they are backed by facts and logical arguments rather than political clap trap.
- croon 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Personal_Household_Income_U.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United... 71% making less than $50k/y. 51% of households.
- wott 10y agoA median says close to nothing about repartition. That's not a fact that you can use in a logical argument against your opponent's claim about repartition.
- pc86 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States#Distribution_of_household_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United... There's quite a few households and quite a lot of people between $35k and $100k. The claim that there is no middle class is blatantly, provably false. The very, very top has a lot. I don't think anybody is disputing that (I'm certainly not). But there are a lot of people who make a solid, middle class income.
- myowncrapulence 10y agoThe share of total national income for the middle class has been in decline for 50 years. The piece of the pie that the middle class represents is shrinking. https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CPSCharticle_fig3.png https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/...