2016 Postmortem

angrychair

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34. o know where the sarcasm button Is?

Reply to hill2016 (Reply #9)

Mon Nov 30, 2015, 10:31 PM

Nov 2015

I still think this is either trollng or performance art.

"assuming both parents are working
they would need a live-in nanny."

Said millions of two income families never. Its called a daycare center or a friend's teen-aged child. Or a latchkey kid, worked for me at 11 years old.
Second, there are a lot of millionaires that both work.
According to a report issued by the SSA about a month ago, 51% of income earners earn less than $30,000 a year. 71% of income earners earn less $50,000 a year.
.08% (yes, point zero eight percent) of income earners earn (take) 53% of all wages earned in America.

A household income of $250,000 a year puts you in the top 3% of income earners in America.

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Middle class is when you have to go to work [View all] hill2016 Nov 2015 OP

"In some cities, $250k is hardly upper class." Nice try. Wilms Nov 2015 #1

check out this article hill2016 Nov 2015 #6

Sounds like they don't belong in Manhattan? Wilms Nov 2015 #7

then hill2016 Nov 2015 #10

People who are in the upper 2%, of course. Wilms Nov 2015 #13

I live in Manhattan and my salary puts me in the middle class here. JaneyVee Nov 2015 #29

I'm appreciating the demographics of HRC supporters. n/t Wilms Nov 2015 #31

Lol. Middle class with a nanny, housekeeper and private schools. neverforget Nov 2015 #2

Wow angrychair Nov 2015 #3

Beat me to it. 6chars Nov 2015 #5

me too. 2naSalit Nov 2015 #33

assuming both parents are working hill2016 Nov 2015 #9

You do know that millions of actual middle class Warren Stupidity Nov 2015 #12

I was going to post something similar but you said it far better than me. neverforget Nov 2015 #14

ok hill2016 Nov 2015 #17

No live in nanny? Barbaric! nt Romulox Nov 2015 #19

Life's full of tough choices, innit? hill2016 Nov 2015 #24

Middle class people can't afford to do either of those things. You knew that, of course. nt Romulox Nov 2015 #25

ok, now I'm at least 60% sure you're putting us on. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #117

You sure are worried about those $250,000 earners of the upper few percent neverforget Nov 2015 #35

o know where the sarcasm button Is? angrychair Nov 2015 #34

I thjink you may be right. This could be one long performance piece Armstead Nov 2015 #45

Kind of like Billionaires for Bush nxylas Dec 2015 #73

I agree if not then neverforget Dec 2015 #65

"either trollng or performance art." Capt. Obvious Dec 2015 #83

Have you ever heard of day care? Hepburn Dec 2015 #100

Isn't that just about as expensive as a nanny? leftofcool Dec 2015 #119

Are you kidding me? A live in nanny for a middle class household? You must be out of your mind. Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #110

Sarcasm tag missing? 6chars Nov 2015 #4

in hill2016 Nov 2015 #8

Ah, I see the optics problem here. sleepyvoter Nov 2015 #16

"maths" melman Dec 2015 #64

Should have been posted elsewhere-- Wilms Nov 2015 #11

Nanny, housekeeper, private schools, and vacations and the poor dears are barley breaking even??? Autumn Nov 2015 #15

Awesome parody post. Recommended! nt Romulox Nov 2015 #18

Damn, I must be low class. bobbobbins01 Nov 2015 #20

hm... hill2016 Nov 2015 #32

Its a regressive tax aimed at milking us low income folks. bobbobbins01 Nov 2015 #38

:D renate Dec 2015 #72

this right here: Hiraeth Nov 2015 #21

I agree taught_me_patience Nov 2015 #22

I have so far only seen you in two threads gollygee Nov 2015 #23

She also whines about paying taxes for others' college. Obvious parody account. nt Romulox Nov 2015 #26

WRONG. Middle class, the middle quintile, is $50K-$60K. $250,000 is upper 5%. Upper Class. Crystalite Nov 2015 #27

Yes. daleanime Nov 2015 #30

No.... daleanime Nov 2015 #28

Did you just say having a private school for kids, nanny, housekeeper...then said "you're barely... Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #36

Your math is laughably flawed; correct calculations show $250k is upper class for sure. JonLeibowitz Nov 2015 #37

yo hill2016 Nov 2015 #41

Good points. JonLeibowitz Nov 2015 #47

The median household income in Manhattan is $88,382. In San Francisco it hover around $75,000. Luminous Animal Nov 2015 #39

I am Kicking and Recommending this post because I think it's a fine example of what... Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #40

+1 darkangel218 Dec 2015 #79

For me it was this part... tazkcmo Dec 2015 #90

Talk about not dealing with reality. Hepburn Dec 2015 #101

+1000 n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2015 #128

Please tell my wife she's living off her investments... brooklynite Nov 2015 #42

There asre a lot of people who arre lucky to get hoime by 10 am.... Armstead Nov 2015 #44

Fair enough..but that's not what the OP is grumbling about... brooklynite Nov 2015 #46

I'm frankly not sure what the OP is grumbling about Armstead Nov 2015 #48

One way would be to not have kids... brooklynite Nov 2015 #49

Or we could stop condoning and supporting bad values and policires Armstead Nov 2015 #54

Maybe....but it's not per year neverforget Dec 2015 #55

But thank of how you could invest that money... brooklynite Dec 2015 #60

Aristocrats are so sensitive. Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #112

Not in Brooklyn ibegurpard Dec 2015 #66

Sunset Park brooklynite Dec 2015 #82

Yeah all the articles written about Brooklyn gentrification ibegurpard Dec 2015 #93

Brooklyn’s Median Household Income Is Less Than $45,000 brooklynite Dec 2015 #94

Boro Park. sleepyvoter Dec 2015 #98

then you're middle class hill2016 Dec 2015 #62

Why do you keep peddling this connservative horseshit? Armstead Nov 2015 #43

LOL !!! - Our Base, Ladies And Gentlmen... WillyT Nov 2015 #50

$250k for a family RandySF Nov 2015 #51

let me cry for you w0nderer Nov 2015 #52

wtf is this shit?? lunasun Nov 2015 #53

This OP is simply doing their job. Hill's shills. morningfog Dec 2015 #104

I am undecided myself, but this poster maybe a Romney crossover to Hill with that myopic look lunasun Dec 2015 #120

Exactly. "Think of the children!... And their au pairs!" n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2015 #127

wait, is this an audition piece for the onion? restorefreedom Dec 2015 #56

Seriously are you trolling? ibegurpard Dec 2015 #57

And 5K dollars a month mortgage! darkangel218 Dec 2015 #81

So...in your world the working class doesn't exist? jeff47 Dec 2015 #58

Seriously Truprogressive85 Dec 2015 #59

Housekeeper, gardener, and private plane with pilot! Hepburn Dec 2015 #103

lol Truprogressive85 Dec 2015 #115

Kick for the necessities of life while working for a "middle class" wage of 250K. nt slipslidingaway Dec 2015 #61

If you don't need to go to into work, you can move somewhere cheaper jfern Dec 2015 #63

FUCK THAT , 150K is A LOT OF MONEY JI7 Dec 2015 #67

What a different world you live in! pinebox Dec 2015 #68

I disagree Kentonio Dec 2015 #74

$250K is five times the median household income in NYC Recursion Dec 2015 #69

Desperate elitist spin. Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #70

I want to be poor where you live! Cassiopeia Dec 2015 #71

You mean this ISN'T a parody? Wow. reformist2 Dec 2015 #75

Comedy gold! merrily Dec 2015 #76

Kicking for the sheer mind numbing tone-deafness of "Hil" and her supporters. Bonobo Dec 2015 #77

"Mortgage 4K - 5K a month"??? darkangel218 Dec 2015 #78

having a nanny and private schools treestar Dec 2015 #80

Where did you find that psychotic definition of "middle class"? Half-Century Man Dec 2015 #84

Latte spew! Hepburn Dec 2015 #106

That youtube. Whoa. Crystalite Dec 2015 #113

That video has been in several threads Mnpaul Dec 2015 #121

Lol! beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #85

Ah ha! Capt. Obvious Dec 2015 #88

LMAO! beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #91

lol tazkcmo Dec 2015 #86

Kick for the lulz and fail! darkangel218 Dec 2015 #87

Your post is sarcasm, right??? Vinca Dec 2015 #89

sorry I meant hill2016 Dec 2015 #97

Yeah right. morningfog Dec 2015 #107

LMAO! Hepburn Dec 2015 #109

"a fortnight"? panader0 Dec 2015 #125

On today's episode of Manhattan Middle Class Problems . . . . Jake Stern Dec 2015 #92

Looks like another one made it past mirt PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #95

my views hill2016 Dec 2015 #96

You live in New York, right? sleepyvoter Dec 2015 #99

No, yours are in line with the powers that be. morningfog Dec 2015 #108

From your link Hepburn Dec 2015 #111

Totally agree.this is either a troll or a shill. morningfog Dec 2015 #105

Incredibly out of touch and tone deaf OP. morningfog Dec 2015 #102

Barely breaking even at 250K per annum, still pondering that thought, even in NYC ... slipslidingaway Dec 2015 #114

THE ROMNEYS HAVE A CAR ELEVATOR BUT ALL I COULD AFFORD WAS THE CAR ESCALATOR! Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #118

LOL and you can see why the elevator is so important! n/t slipslidingaway Dec 2015 #123

you don't understand the cost of living hill2016 Dec 2015 #131

Well I have a clue, I lived there for over a year while my husband underwent two ... slipslidingaway Dec 2015 #132

I love it when Manhattanites try to prove they don't live in a bubble. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #116

What about Brooklyites? Bonobo Dec 2015 #124

Manhattan is still hill2016 Jan 2016 #133

well of course and with the stress of servants demanding such high salaries these days 250K per year Douglas Carpenter Dec 2015 #122

People on Wall Street work long hours. Social Security Retirees don't. Bad definition, bad. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2015 #126

ok hill2016 Dec 2015 #129

bump hill2016 Dec 2015 #130

If I win a quater million dollar lottery, I'm retiring. stone space Jan 2016 #134