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No rich and no poor - we're all members of middle class
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Let's stop the hypocrisy and officially declare every American a
member of the "middle class."
From now on, there should be only three sociological gradations
in the United States:
Upper middle class.
Middle middle class.
Lower middle class.
Face it: Really rich people don't like to identify themselves as
upper class.
Upper class sounds snooty and makes them a target for takeovers
- of their fortunes and daughters, if nothing else.
M...
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Whose Middle Class?...And a New Breed of Republicans
Forward
; Gus Tyler Forward 11-17-1995 Whose Middle ClassAnd a New Breed of Republicans. There's much talk in Congress about cutting the taxes of the middle class. When people hear about it, they cheer because in America just about everybody claims to belong to the "middle class." Some will proclaim they
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Rising Middle Class Pumping Up Retail, THE MOSCOW TIMES
The Moscow Times (Russia)
; 00-00-0000 With fewer bills to pay, members of the middle class have plenty to spend on clothes, appliances and audio-video equipment among other things, driving up the consumer-goods market in the process, analysts say. Utility and housing costs are lower compared to Western countries, allowing
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Retail Sector Pumped Up By Growing Middle Class, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)
; 00-00-0000 With fewer bills to pay, members of the middle class have plenty to spend on clothes, appliances and audio-video equipment, among other things, driving up the consumer-goods market in the process, analysts say. Utility and housing costs are lower compared to Western countries, allowing
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Middle-Class Tightrope; It's More Dire Than The Numbers Show
The Washington Post
; American politicians have always seen pure profit in siding with the middle class. Bill Clinton invoked the "forgotten middle class"; Richard Nixon called on the "silent majority"; FDR sided with the "forgotten man." In a country where being middle class is a badge of honor and even the super-rich
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Segmenting Social Classes: The Middle Class
Public Relations Quarterly
; This issue of Segmenting Publics continues the indepth look at social class that began last issue with the Working Class. This issue covers the middle class, which makes up between 30 and 45 percent of the USA population. The middle class makes up the largest and probably most often targeted public
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