• BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zip
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    I just take issue with the word “rich”

    Like all those people are poor, primarily as a result of the politicians and corporate greed. I ain’t rich but I’m luckily far from that 40% grouping. I’d probably be grouped as the elusive middle class

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      It’s all relative, right? What I meant is that most people that can afford solar panels don’t struggle with electricity bills. It’s a smart investment for them, not a life saving one. People that actually need it can’t afford it.

      Ben Folds had a song about it. Something about getting free coffee once he was rich. No one gives poor people nice things. The richer you are the more things you get for free.

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        15 hours ago

        Gotcha, that makes sense

        It’s like that anecdote about the $50 shoes breaking down within a year vs the $150 shoes that last forever

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      The middle class isn’t elusive it’s house rare these day’s. Middle-class household are usually doctors, lawyers, scientists, or small business owners. That makes a pretty small percentage of the population. Middle class in America is 200-400k a year as a household. Only 10% of us household make that money.

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          the middle class is the class between the working class the and ruling class. It’s the defining class that emergences when a country starts to progress. People in this class are usually masters of their field or biasness owners.