Reply #69: One of you is talking about economic class, and the other is talking about social class.

[hedgehog]

I can accept working class as someone who needs a pay check, but as someone noted above, does Katie Couric "need" her pay check? No doubt she needs it to support her life style, but a lot of us would retire if we had her money.

Working class as a social class is a term in flux. Years ago, working class people were union workers living in the city. Today, working class people might live in the city, country or suburb. A working class person might hold an associate or bachelor degree these days. I think you have to look at factors such as entertainment choices, food choices, clothing choices etc.

My husband is a mechanical engineer making good money. With all due modesty, I'd say he's one of the top people in his field. Around home, he works on cars and fixes up the house and barn while wearing the jeans he bought at the Salvation Army. (The jeans are only a little big, and he doesn't worry about getting them dirty.)He studies enough architecture to restore our house's Italianate lines, but he enjoys country music. When he travels to Europe on work, he eats the local foods and tours the cities on foot. So is he working class or what?