12-11-2015, 10:43 AM
All the while, there is more segregation between the poor and the rich. Just like the blacks and the whites of the 1700's America... Except that it's more like a caste system like in India (albeit with just a bit of mobility). The middle-of-the-road shrinking by 11% is FAST!!! The line in the between segregating the 2 just becomes that much bigger, like real quick!
IMHO, a family with 3 kids with an income of less than $70K is poor to me, by living standards in the US. It just feels like lower class, as they cannot afford to travel anywhere far, or anything like that, hardly. They'd basically be going out on a limb just going to the Disney World for 3 days.
For example, in a big city like here in DC metro area, it seems like a family with 3 kids really needs $80K/year to live comfortably most days of the year without resorting to all kinds of trouble like driving PoS junker cars, etc.
IMHO, a family with 3 kids with an income of less than $70K is poor to me, by living standards in the US. It just feels like lower class, as they cannot afford to travel anywhere far, or anything like that, hardly. They'd basically be going out on a limb just going to the Disney World for 3 days.
For example, in a big city like here in DC metro area, it seems like a family with 3 kids really needs $80K/year to live comfortably most days of the year without resorting to all kinds of trouble like driving PoS junker cars, etc.