What is the current definition of the lower class?

[MikeMike]

and where can i find it? im sucking at google right now.

 

[rezinn]

It's not by wages now, but rather vocabulary. see here: http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: rezinn
It's not by wages now, but rather vocabulary. see here: http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html

hey, ya know what?

that um... was really stupid.

 

[rezinn]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: rezinn
It's not by wages now, but rather vocabulary. see here: http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html

hey, ya know what?

that um... was really stupid.

Thanks for informing me. I wasn't aware.

 

[dug777]

<JLGatsby>Anyone stupider, poorer & less handsome than my well educated, incredibly rich, supermodel good looking self<JLGatsby>

 

[FelixDeCat]

Bill Gates > *

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: dug777
<JLGatsby>Anyone stupider, poorer & less handsome than my well educated, incredibly rich, supermodel good looking self<JLGatsby>

Too bad he left, he could be quite entertaining at times.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: dug777
<JLGatsby>Anyone stupider, poorer & less handsome than my well educated, incredibly rich, supermodel good looking self<JLGatsby>

LMAO!

 

[dug777]

Is he banned? x777

 

[rezinn]

http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/threshld/thresh04.html

 

[Saint Nick]

Probably anyone below the poverty line.

EDIT: Yep, rezinn got it!

 

[MikeMike]

okay, what class is <30k a year?

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
okay, what class is <30k a year?

How much less? Depends on geographic location and how may people earn and depend on that salary.

One person, in Texas, is median. In HI you would be homeless.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
okay, what class is <30k a year?

How much less? Depends on geographic location and how may people earn and depend on that salary.

One person, in Texas, is median. In HI you would be homeless.

im trying to write a paper on people who work minimum wage, and their abilities to afford insurance.
by minimum wage, im referring to a Server at a restraunt, or a unskilled laborer, so im figuring a wage of <30k.

 

[Konigin]

Someone who lives in a trailer?

 

[shoRunner]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
okay, what class is <30k a year?

How much less? Depends on geographic location and how may people earn and depend on that salary.

One person, in Texas, is median. In HI you would be homeless.

im trying to write a paper on people who work minimum wage, and their abilities to afford insurance.
by minimum wage, im referring to a Server at a restraunt, or a unskilled laborer, so im figuring a wage of <30k.

minimum wage working 40 hours a week is <$12k per year, unless your in california where minimum wage is like $10. 30K is by no means poverty

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: rezinn
http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/threshld/thresh04.html

Double, if not triple all of those numbers IMHO for the north east

 

[ts3433]

Originally posted by: shoRunner
minimum wage working 40 hours a week is <$12k per year, unless your in california where minimum wage is like $10. 30K is by no means poverty

CA minimum wage is $6.75 (about $14,000/year), except in San Francisco ($8.50). Other states have higher minimum wages than we do, such as CT ($7.40), DC ($7.00), and OR ($7.50). Source: US Dept of Labor

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Link

Look down to line 51. If you make $29k/yr you're in the top 50% of wage earners in the US.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: shoRunner

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
okay, what class is <30k a year?

How much less? Depends on geographic location and how may people earn and depend on that salary.

One person, in Texas, is median. In HI you would be homeless.

im trying to write a paper on people who work minimum wage, and their abilities to afford insurance.
by minimum wage, im referring to a Server at a restraunt, or a unskilled laborer, so im figuring a wage of <30k.

minimum wage working 40 hours a week is <$12k per year, unless your in california where minimum wage is like $10. 30K is by no means poverty

but see, i work for $2.13 an hour, and i can guarantee, in a year, working full time as a server, i could pull in 30 grand. tonight, i made $190 in 11 hours of work. not including $2.13

which, by definition, i am still a minimum wage. however, tips vary. so im gunna go with $20k or less a year.

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Link

Look down to line 51. If you make $29k/yr you're in the top 50% of wage earners in the US.

Geez.... in that case.... Somebody needs to explain to me how Bush's Tax Cuts for the Rich didn't help me :|

Apparantly I'm rich and my taxes have been going up! :| :| :|

 

[judasmachine]

also as that link says, it depends on number of dependants. if you have two kids your 15G/yr isn't going to cut it, but if you live with one working adult, or by yourself and have no children you are above the poverty line.

one more post and i'm at 5000!

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Link

Look down to line 51. If you make $29k/yr you're in the top 50% of wage earners in the US.

Geez.... in that case.... Somebody needs to explain to me how Bush's Tax Cuts for the Rich didn't help me :|

Apparantly I'm rich and my taxes have been going up! :| :| :|

Look, yet another wayward soul has been enlightened.

Welcome to the elite club of the evil super-rich bastards who are killing the world and want to eat poor children for breakfast.

 

[Alprazolam]

29k? wow.

 

[jagec]

Class isn't based on income, though there is generally a correlation between the two.