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Title: are you middle class or rich
Post by: aggie49 on January 02, 2013, 10:00:12 am
i am middle class so i was happy that the taxes will not get raised what about you
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Post by: diala84 on January 02, 2013, 10:13:00 am
I would say low middle class. Me and my husband make about 30,000 a year, we both work about full time and no kids.
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Post by: lrharting on January 02, 2013, 10:16:03 am
Low middle class here too.  If I was rich I wouldn't even bother with Fusion Cash.

I am also happy that the taxes didn't get raised, but we aren't out of the woods yet.  They only passed something because they HAD to.
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Post by: mstevenson2 on January 02, 2013, 11:06:42 am
more lower class
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Post by: workmama on January 02, 2013, 11:37:48 am
I consider myself middle class, I guess. Never really thought about it. I know I'm not poor, nor am I rich, but I consider myself rich because I have a wonderful family. Also, I always determine wealth based upon what you have achieved in your life and how much you are happy. I don't like to talk about money or class people based upon how much they have in dollar amounts, but I wouldn't mind being rich! Haha!  ;D
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Post by: didiinvent on January 02, 2013, 11:40:10 am
I consider myself middle class, I guess. Never really thought about it. I know I'm not poor, nor am I rich, but I consider myself rich because I have a wonderful family. Also, I always determine wealth based upon what you have achieved in your life and how much you are happy. I don't like to talk about money or class people based upon how much they have in dollar amounts, but I wouldn't mind being rich! Haha!  ;D

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Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: kay7 on January 02, 2013, 01:54:30 pm
i am middle class so i was happy that the taxes will not get raised what about you

It's my understanding that there is a 2% payroll tax that went into effect on the first which has nothing to do with the increased tax rates on the rich and will affect all workers.  Additionally, I believe there are numerous taxes that will hit the middle class as part of Obamacare.
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Post by: jtwillie1 on January 02, 2013, 02:17:50 pm
Middle Class. Hope the fiscal cliff does not effect my take hope pay.
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Post by: EDW39A on January 02, 2013, 02:27:02 pm

Doesn't matter as much, once I learned the art of living well. "BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE WHILE PURSUING WHAT YOU WANT" *Jim Rohn
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: potluck6 on January 02, 2013, 03:44:01 pm
We are middle class glad to avoid more taxes but i think the social security tax is going up.Just heard on tv that teachers don't pay social security taxes they rely on a pension didn't know that wonder if it's true.
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Post by: bigedshult on January 02, 2013, 04:08:23 pm
U you are happy that they are taxing the rich . Okay so they tax the rich. They have less money to spend. So that what does that mean? They have less money! So they they don't have the money to hire some people who they was going to hire. Or they may have to lay off people to pay them extra taxes. That they were used to hire somebody or keep somebody working! Instead he you are given the money to all Obama to waste on his unemployed buddies that don't like to work and get welfare all the time!
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Post by: constance312003 on January 02, 2013, 04:23:11 pm
My paycheck is about to decrease.  Who knows what kind of taxes Obamacare is about to fall on us.  They only people who have escaped this is the people who have unearned income.
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: vp44 on January 02, 2013, 04:46:17 pm
The saying of taxing the rich would only lead to less jobs. How about when they were not being taxed so much and the recession hit, they did not provide many jobs then. The jobs was sent out of USA. The rich got richer and the poorer got poorer. I am poor I am not even close to middle class.
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: Daynamariee1981 on January 02, 2013, 04:52:41 pm
I always thought that I was middle class, but lately I think we have been referred to as the "working poor". lol I don't think we are poor, but according to others we are.
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: Tresbn00 on January 02, 2013, 04:59:53 pm
I am middle class but my family lives like we are rich!  In either case the tax situation wouldn't have effected our household nor does it seem as if it ever will. Last year was a fairly good year from an income standpoint but everything that was disclosed was quickly spent and the expense limit seems to have been raised.  It seems very hard to say no to the family...especially when I am off working all of the time.  The smallest income source I have are the point to clicks and fusion cash as well as the accounts that this source has built and it seems that my family wants to get their hands on this small amount as well! When does the bleeding stop?!?
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Post by: CHANEYLAKEGIRL on January 02, 2013, 05:16:31 pm
I always thought we were middle class, but after reading the posts, I think we are upper middle class.
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Post by: dmitchn1 on January 02, 2013, 05:23:47 pm
the lowest of low class I work in retail and unless your a manager you live paycheck to paycheck  :crybaby2:
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Post by: ShadeTree on January 02, 2013, 05:33:52 pm
I am not rich. I am not middle class. I have never been middle class. Technically, I am around the poverty line and it's horrible. I know people who are living on less than what I am, which would be pretty much nothing since I'm struggling to survive on next to nothing.
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: demaina on January 02, 2013, 06:00:31 pm
Well, technically, I make like absolutely nothing, but I don't work full time so that has something to do with it.  So I'm nowhere close to rich.  I think my family is middle class though but I don't really know since I never bothered asking about what my parents make.
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: vicogden on January 02, 2013, 06:37:49 pm
I'm middle class economically, but rich when it comes to having lots of loved ones in my life...

I'm like you though... very happy taxes didn't go up!
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: sgluckadoo on January 02, 2013, 06:44:34 pm
Used to be middle class, but with the dollar not worth what it used to be, i would guess i am no longer in that category. If i didnt lose a third of my check to taxes, i would be middle class.
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: sarabtrayior on January 03, 2013, 09:36:00 am
I used to think I was middle class, but when Romney was running, I was part of the 42 or 47% that was not working {I'm disabled} and he thinks I am a blight on America. I am not a blight, I just don't earn a lot of money...  AND don't blame it on Obama, if Romney ran, there would have a blight on the American people...
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: workmama on January 03, 2013, 11:04:34 am
I consider myself middle class, I guess. Never really thought about it. I know I'm not poor, nor am I rich, but I consider myself rich because I have a wonderful family. Also, I always determine wealth based upon what you have achieved in your life and how much you are happy. I don't like to talk about money or class people based upon how much they have in dollar amounts, but I wouldn't mind being rich! Haha!  ;D

LOVE this statement ...  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :wave:

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Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: gramev64 on January 03, 2013, 12:49:32 pm
I would say we were low middle class, but as long as we have enough for bills, groceries, and the other necessities, I will be satisfied.  Yeh! taxes hurt and usually they cut into quite a bit of income, so I am happy they will stay the same for now.
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Post by: hjp on January 03, 2013, 01:25:06 pm
middle class here not rich. Neither i am poor consider myself as working poor. Make less than 30,000 year.
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Post by: vickysue on January 03, 2013, 01:43:09 pm
I gues you would call us middle class, but we sure have to stretch our checks to make ends meet, and that is with hubby working part time at the schools as a sub teacher. We got a small raise in our ss. and then a larger raise on our medicare payments with less benifits, thanks to Obummercare.
I wish i could go back to work, but Dr.'s won't let me. But i am lucky that i know how to stretch a dime, and i can barter some things i make or sell to help out. Oh yeah i don't qualifiy for ssi at my age. Bummer.
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: gennjen on January 03, 2013, 01:51:44 pm
Don't think that if you're a middle class, your taxes won't get raised. They will ! for one the payroll taxes expired and you will see it on your paycheck. Obama is a liar when it comes to middle class taxes.
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Post by: davidf938 on January 03, 2013, 02:00:07 pm
At this point in my life, I would be happy with either. I am POOR!
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Post by: Boise40 on January 03, 2013, 06:15:02 pm
I know I'm not anywhere near to being rich and I don't think I'm in the middle class since I make less than $10,000 a year. I work part-time as a courtesy clerk and I usually get 12hrs of work a week. Sometimes, 20hrs if I'm lucky. So, I look forward to doing my taxes because its the only time I get plenty of money to do whatever I want with it. I normally use it to do some mechanic work on my car and get stuff that I been putting off for the whole year because I never have the money to get it in the 1st place.
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Post by: kountrypeach80 on January 03, 2013, 06:20:36 pm
middle class
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: catherinedwhite on January 03, 2013, 06:24:15 pm
Wow, I am surprised by some of the answers.
I would think it certainly depends on where you live
how you would classify yourself by income.
$30k yearly in a rural community would not go very far in Chicago.
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Post by: katie322 on January 03, 2013, 06:24:42 pm
I don't know.. I know I make more than most but I still don't consider myself "middle class".  :/
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Post by: premar16 on January 03, 2013, 06:24:50 pm
niether dirt poor
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Post by: whittneylooney on January 03, 2013, 07:58:20 pm
I consider myself the working poor.
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Post by: debidoo on January 03, 2013, 09:42:05 pm
yep taxing the rich will probably negatively affect jobs because after all they can't stop taking expensive vacations, eating out, buying iphones and nice cars or having the best to wear hey lets be fair, they have to save money somewhere if they have to pay more taxes.
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Post by: wrands on January 03, 2013, 10:31:39 pm
I'm poor and No Class  ;D
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Post by: b1pearl on January 03, 2013, 10:40:32 pm
I consider my self rich and happy. The way I look at rich ,is how you feel about yourself inside and out. Regardless of what anybody else say, as long as I believe that I am RICH than I am!
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: heypeg on January 03, 2013, 11:59:28 pm
I would say upper middle class. The payroll taxes will affect us however because everyone who pays SS is going to get a 2% increase in their deductions and who knows how much Obamacare is going to cost.
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Post by: schoolvan on January 04, 2013, 01:32:43 am
I guess I am middle class or maybe lower middle class.
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Post by: ljrjess69 on January 04, 2013, 03:06:31 am
id say im poor    :(  but makinig it
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Post by: Phx0808 on January 04, 2013, 04:13:48 am
Sadly, I work full-time plus a part time business and I still only make just above the poverty line.   :crybaby2:
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: bretay on January 04, 2013, 04:38:24 am
i am middle class.,
Title: Re: are you middle class or rich
Post by: rainman306 on January 04, 2013, 07:42:27 am
I would use the following classificatonis for classes and ranges/descriptions:

Poor  =  Does not work or receive unemployment benefits, no large amount of savings available
Working Poor  = working but only making minimum wage or slightly above
Working Class  =  working a blue-collar or service type job with at the max earning 2-3 times minimum wage
Middle Class  =  has a good paying job at least 2-3 times minimum wage, can save some money, buy some things, take a vacation.  I think a lot of really woring class people group themselves in the midde class group.
Upper Middle Class =  making a large salary near or abour $100,000 a year with benefits
Rich =  making a very large salary of $250,000 a year or more
Ubber Rich  =  making several million a year
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Post by: patycake56 on January 04, 2013, 07:46:09 am
We used to be middle class but since he was forced to retire plant shutdown and i draw disability we r what you call retirement poor
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Post by: ghunter on January 04, 2013, 08:46:45 am
I consider myself lower middle class in money, but rich  in family and love we have for each other and in health.
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Post by: queenofnines on January 04, 2013, 09:43:13 am
Why is "poor" not an option? lol (I'm not poor, but just sayin'...) I don't think many "rich" people use this site. The earnings wouldn't even be peanuts to them...they'd be the shells or CRUMBS of the peanuts!
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Post by: nguzman1 on January 04, 2013, 09:48:40 am
yup I am with the working class so I am happy that taxes won't increase.
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Post by: bowrunner on January 04, 2013, 09:50:15 am
I suppose I am middle class but I do have to watch my money carefully.
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Post by: kewl4reals on January 04, 2013, 09:50:31 am
i am middle class so i was happy that the taxes will not get raised what about you
I would say that i am working class.  : )
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Post by: Beckys0528 on January 04, 2013, 10:24:06 am
Definitely not rich but I don't know If I would consider myself middle class but we have a four generation going on in my household my mom, me, my daughter, and her daughter, we live rich though lol lots of love here
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Post by: pgk1965 on January 04, 2013, 11:53:09 am
im not rich or middle class im actually poor lol
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Post by: vgonzales1 on January 04, 2013, 12:02:16 pm
Low middle class