Romney thinks middle class income $200,000. to $250,000.

I wouldn't know what to do with that kinda scratch!

I 'm pretty sure I could think of stuff to with that money starting with my kitchen and upstairs bathroom the house is 100 years old...........

...and I know what you mean!

i'm dirt poor, and he's already mentioned that he's not worried about the very poor.

and i was almost to where i thought i could stop calling myself poor!

He totally gets the struggles of the common man and feels your pain. Do I really need: ?

In that same article it says: "Obama also has set his definition for "middle class" as families with income of up to $250,000 a year."

at $200,000.

It is true that $250,000 is definitely high income nonetheless. For most in the so-called middle class, that figure generally reflects BOTH partners working rather than a single wage-earner.

Here's one overview of middle class income from Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_middle_class#Income (using US census bureau figures from 2005)

Here is Median (not necessarily "middle-class") US Household Income from the US Census Bureau.

http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/acsbr08-2.pdf (2007-2008 surveys, issued in Sept 2009)



Edited to add: I received an excellent income in the last 15 years that I worked full-time (I'm now retired but teach as an "adjunct") and during the last five years my husband, once he had turned 70 1/2, had to make mandated withdrawals from his IRA. Even then, and while we lived VERY comfortably, our combined income never achieved $250,000.

Romney is totally clueless.

Except for some doctors and surgeons, I can't really think of jobs that regularly pay anywhere near that.

If it hadn't been for the Bush years, then yeah maybe there would be more 6 figure jobs.

Anything to do with finance, like banking, investing, trading. Upper management at insurance, engineering, manufacturing, corporate farms, the six largest of the publishers, and office building real estate. I can probably come up with more, but I hope you get the picture. The world makes some people wealthy with all the other things we do on this planet than just medical

well I guess from Rmoney' s perspective it is

Romney's comments came an interview broadcast Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America."

"No one can say my plan is going to raise taxes on middle-income people, because principle number one is (to) keep the burden down on middle-income taxpayers," Romney told host George Stephanopoulos.

"Is $100,000 middle income?" Stephanopoulos asked.

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"No, middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 and less," Romney responded.
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He really said this on national television...???

How can they in good conscience end the article with "Obama wants to extend Bush-era tax cuts for those making less than $250,000, while Romney wants to extend the tax cuts for everyone." when the only thing to be taken away from his statement is those under 200k may be SOL

"No one can say my plan is going to raise taxes on middle-income people, because principle number one is (to) keep the burden down on middle-income taxpayers," Romney told host George Stephanopoulos.

"Is $100,000 middle income?" Stephanopoulos asked.

"No, middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 and less," Romney responded.

more than $200,000 below the poverty line.

So, out of touch.

I feel so bad for them now.

LBN thread here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014230046

Thanks