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Article: No rich and no poor - we're all members of middle class
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 19, 1986
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Let's stop the hypocrisy and officially declare every American a
member of the "middle class."
From now on, there should be only three sociological gradations
in the United States:
Upper middle class.
Middle middle class.
Lower middle class.
Face it: Really rich people don't like to identify themselves as
upper class.
Upper class sounds snooty and makes them a target for takeovers
- of their fortunes and daughters, if nothing else.
Many of the truly wealthy would prefer to be known as "upper
middle class" and as plain as an old shoe, even if the old shoe is a
priceless antique or custom-made.
Then there are the undeniably poor, including the elderly living
on pensions.
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