Since we're now diving into "impartial sources" such as wiki, here's one for you, Dullard:
American middle class - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Income varies considerably from near the national median to well in excess of $100,000.[2][4] Household income figures, however, do not always reflect class status and standard of living, as they are largely influenced by the number of income earners and fail to recognize household size. It is therefore possible for a large, dual-earner, lower middle class household to out-earn a small, one-earner, upper middle class household.[5] The middle classes are very influential, as they encompass the majority of voters, writers, teachers, journalists, and editors.[7] Most societal trends in the US originate within the middle classes.[8
Income is one of a household's attributes most commonly used to determine its class status. Yet, income may not always accurately reflect a household's position within society or the economy.[27] Unlike personal income, household income does not reflect occupational achievement as much as it measures the number of income earners. Sociologist Dennis Gilbert acknowledges that a working-class household with two income earners may out-earn a single-income upper-middle-class household, as the number of income earners has evolved into one of the most important variables in determining household income. For example, according to the US Department of Labor, two registered nurses could quite easily command a household income of $126,000 annually,[31] while the median income for a lawyer was $94,930.[32]
Furthermore, household income fails to recognize household size. For example, a single attorney, earning $95,000, may have a higher standard of living than a family of four with an income of $120,000. Yet household income is still a commonly used class indicator, as household members share the same economic fate and class position.[14]
The parade [of income earners with height representing income] suggest that [the] relationship between the distribution of income and the class structure is... blurred in the middle...we saw dual-income working class marchers looking down on single-income upper-middle-class marchers. In sum, the class structures as we have defined it...does not exactly match the distribution of household income.
—Dennis Gilbert, The American Class Structure, 1998
In other words, you incredibly slow, Dullard, is that income doesn't necessarily gauge accurately who constitutes the "middle class". There are several variables omitted from such silly projections.
- Demographics- In NYC, the income levels are fastly different than in rural Mississippi (your most probably location)
- Number in household - Especially earners.
Again, there is no magic number on who is the middle class. You're pissing up a rope, Junior.
250K for two earners in NYC is "middle class". Therefore, Obama raised taxes on the middle class with Obama Tax. Again with a payroll tax increase over top of the expiration of the payroll tax cut.
Obama raised taxes on the middle class.
Period. End of story. You lose, Dullard.