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Yavin4

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14. The bottom 25% in household income is working class.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #12)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 01:56 PM

Nov 2024

Median household income is $80K. The average household income is $114K. Bottom 25% is $40K and below. See for yourself at the link

Link: https://dqydj.com/household-income-percentile-calculator/

Granted the term, "working class", is ambiguous and imprecise. Investopedia has a decent definition of it. But as I said, the term is ambiguous.

What Is the Working Class?
"Working class" is a socioeconomic term used to describe persons in a social class marked by jobs that provide low pay, require limited skill, or physical labor. Typically, working-class jobs have reduced education requirements. Unemployed persons or those supported by a social welfare program are often included in the working class.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/working-class.asp

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You don't get to be the party of the working class and call for cuts to Food Stamps and Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for [View all] Yavin4 Nov 2024 OP

Imagine when MAGATS on Medicaid XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #1

MAGATs don't care. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #3

Democrats should be on all media screaming this right now. CousinIT Nov 2024 #2

24/7 reply to bullshit. 👍 nt returnee Nov 2024 #13

Agreed XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #20

"People who have jobs that come with healthcare and pay them enough to afford to buy Ford F150 trucks brand new ARE NOT WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2024 #4

Depends on their incomes. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #10

. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2024 #12

The bottom 25% in household income is working class. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #14

Okay, so this is an income-based definition you've come up with personally. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2024 #18

The people who qualify for Medicaid and Food stamps are in the bottom 25% Yavin4 Nov 2024 #21

The income-based definition is not something anyone here has come .up with personally. ShazzieB Nov 2024 #28

Their income is somewhere in the middle. Progressive dog Nov 2024 #19

Unfortunately JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 #5

An Orange-Faced RobinA Nov 2024 #6

The working class will get by. However the working poor will be the ones that get screwed. Autumn Nov 2024 #7

anyone with family members affected will feel it too Skittles Nov 2024 #25

Turkeys voting for Thanksgiving. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #8

"Ha, ha -- Suckers and Losers!" - G.O.P. BoRaGard Nov 2024 #9

Putin doesn't care gab13by13 Nov 2024 #11

I think they believe OnionPatch Nov 2024 #15

They do in this county. Six117 Nov 2024 #16

Of course you do, you just have to be the White Nationalist organization TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #17

you don't get to be a CHRISTIAN either Skittles Nov 2024 #22

True that ck4829 Nov 2024 #26

There are a lot of MAGAs going to be real sad, real soon. Good. NotHardly Nov 2024 #23

anyone with family members affected will feel it too Skittles Nov 2024 #24

As long as they are not calling for cuts to MediCARE!!! AKwannabe Nov 2024 #27

Wait, what? ShazzieB Nov 2024 #29

You. Have put words in my mouth. Many words I did not write AKwannabe Nov 2024 #30

I did not put any words in your mouth. ShazzieB Nov 2024 #31