Trump_is_Mentally_fit Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/09/459087477/the-tipping-point-most-americans-no-longer-are-middle-class Americans have long lived in a nation made up primarily of middle-class families, neither rich nor poor, but comfortable enough. This year, that changed, according to the Pew Research Center.A just-released analysis of government data shows that as of 2015, middle-income households have become the minority. The trend is so firmly established that it may well continue; Americans have experienced "a demographic shift that could signal a tipping point," Pew researchers concluded Wednesday.Thanks to factory closings and other economic factors, the country now has 120.8 million adults living in middle-income households, the study found. That compares with the 121.3 million who are living in either upper- or lower-income households. Aside from "Obama bad" Any thoughts on this?
Chef Jim Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 Well other than they're not in the minority I've got nothing to add.
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 Fundamental transformation. I think progressives would love nothing more than to have more people every year dependent upon the government. It guarantees their existence.
DC Tom Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/09/459087477/the-tipping-point-most-americans-no-longer-are-middle-class Aside from "Obama bad" Any thoughts on this? My thought is that without knowing how the definition of "middle income" or "middle class" changes over time, it's a meaningless statement.
Chef Jim Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 My thought is that without knowing how the definition of "middle income" or "middle class" changes over time, it's a meaningless statement. Well that and the fact that at 49.9% vs 29% for lower income and 21.1% upper income puts them in the solid majority.
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 Well that and the fact that at 49.9% vs 29% for lower income and 21.1% upper income puts them in the solid majority. Shhh...you're obfuscating with facts
Trump_is_Mentally_fit Posted January 6, 2016 Author Posted January 6, 2016 My thought is that without knowing how the definition of "middle income" or "middle class" changes over time, it's a meaningless statement. I think it also leaves out facts like the better quality of automobiles which means more used cars, which means more people have cars.
Chef Jim Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 I think it also leaves out facts like the better quality of automobiles which means more used cars, which means more people have cars. Do you agree that according to the chart provided in your link that the middle class is in the solid majority?
KD in CA Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) It also gives lazy idiots another chance to use the worst expression ever: "tipping point". What the !@#$ is going to tip as a result of a couple of tenths of a percent in some made up statistic? Edited January 6, 2016 by KD in CT
DC Tom Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 I think it also leaves out facts like the better quality of automobiles which means more used cars, which means more people have cars. You just can't help yourself, can you? You have to post something irretrievably dense.
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 You just can't help yourself, can you? You have to post something irretrievably dense. But....cash for clunkers. We got those cheap older vehicles off the road
keepthefaith Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/09/459087477/the-tipping-point-most-americans-no-longer-are-middle-class Aside from "Obama bad" Any thoughts on this? Bernie Sanders will fix this. Bernie 2016.
Trump_is_Mentally_fit Posted January 6, 2016 Author Posted January 6, 2016 You just can't help yourself, can you? You have to post something irretrievably dense. To a retard, everything seems strange. And you are a retard, so... Do you agree that according to the chart provided in your link that the middle class is in the solid majority? I might have to agree with that. And thinking back to the 70's, I can't imagine we are not better off today
DC Tom Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 To a retard, everything seems strange. And you are a retard, so... You're measurement of "middle class" is "more used cars" and I'm the retard?
Trump_is_Mentally_fit Posted January 6, 2016 Author Posted January 6, 2016 You're measurement of "middle class" is "more used cars" and I'm the retard? Material wealth isn't important? Stop digging.... Oh wait, Tommy's little ignorant army might show up and start in on the man
Chef Jim Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 To a retard, everything seems strange. And you are a retard, so... I might have to agree with that. And thinking back to the 70's, I can't imagine we are not better off today You might have to agree with that?? So you might think that 50% is greater than 29% and 21%. You can't combine the 29% and 21%. They are completely different groups. Can't you agree that what you posted (link and thread title and OP) are absolute crap?
DC Tom Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 Material wealth isn't important? Stop digging.... "Used cars" is your measure of "material wealth?" And "material wealth" is your measure of middle class? You completely ignore income, types of labor, discretionary spending, aspiration, age, education, and race? You simpleton.
/dev/null Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 Did the number of people making less than the median income finally break 50%?
keepthefaith Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/09/459087477/the-tipping-point-most-americans-no-longer-are-middle-class Aside from "Obama bad" Any thoughts on this? What these numbers show is that the majority of people who have left the middle class have gone to the upper class. That is a success is it not?
Nanker Posted January 8, 2016 Posted January 8, 2016 All Americans are rich. They all have cell phones and cable/satellite TV. No one unwillingly dies from hunger and starvation. We own more guns per capita than any other nation. We make methane gas from our refuse dumps. It's a far cry from when we had no birds because, they'd been eaten.
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