Being a member of the American middle class is quickly losing what little prestige, it has remaining. Their members are neither rich nor poor but somewhere in between “Lower/Middle-class” describes an income category but also a set of attitudes. Middle-class people do not live from hand to mouth, job to job, season to season, as the poor do. In other words, someone who earns let’s say around $4,000 per month would have $1,500 left after they have paid their mortgage or rent, utilities, and grocery bills. Even medical care. Medical care is a necessity and something we would think would be affordable for someone earning a middle income. Many of whom are members of the middle class; face nearly $5,000 in premiums, co-payments, and other forms of
Being a member of the American middle class is quickly losing what little prestige, it has remaining. Their members are neither rich nor poor but somewhere in between “Lower/Middle-class” describes an income category but also a set of attitudes. Middle-class people do not live from hand to mouth, job to job, season to season, as the poor do. In other words, someone who earns let’s say around $4,000 per month would have $1,500 left after they have paid their mortgage or rent, utilities, and grocery bills. Even medical care. Medical care is a necessity and something we would think would be affordable for someone earning a middle income. Many of whom are members of the middle class; face nearly $5,000 in premiums, co-payments, and other forms of