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Cruzan (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:51 PM Original message |
'Middle-class millionaires' (net worth $1 million to $10 million) now 10% of the U.S. population |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hate this story |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Seems |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. stories like this make it seem like us middle class folks |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Not True |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. then they are living way beyond their means & that's their fault |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Gee, my parents who bought |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Actually, you're clueless |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. My parents have no desire |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. That's their choice, though. |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Right. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Besides that, how much interest can you earn on $500,000? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Isn't there a financial phrase to deal with this? |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I know... |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Getting people to move is difficult. |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. They are |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. We've tried to talk my parents into that |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. That's not Middle class that A RICH FOOL. A billionaire that spends all his money on Hookers ...... |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. I think that if you were lucky enough to work for the same employer for the past |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. So does being a millionaire mean that you should buy a Mcmansion, a Lambo |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. $50,000 is the median income |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Self Delete |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. "If I were a rich man......" |
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mihalevich (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I'm worth about $900 |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. The way things are going.... |
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pbca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Of course in many cases |
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samdogmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. In some places--it's easy to be a millionaire! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Does that figure include those whose "wealth" is tied up in an old home in a high-rent area? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Don't say that too loudly |
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samdogmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. See..This is my point! |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Actually, that's the point |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. The incremental cost of living isn't so bad once you've paid off the ol' mortgage... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. If the dollar keeps dropping and hyperinflation takes off, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's from Marketwatch. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. One wonders how many of these Middle Class Millionaires Voted BUSH |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. 10% is in NO WAY, middle |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. You're right, that puts them in the top decile |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Not necessarily. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. There are many ways to analyze class position |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. So.. What's a million dollars worth in "real" money? |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. Oxymoron |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. +1 |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. I Was Told "You Don't Join The "Club" Til You Reach 10 Million |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. I don't understand how a "household" can be "a millionaire" |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. 3 days. |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. This headline is stupid. $1 mil + NET is not middle class anything. |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. BS....I know 3-7 millionaires of the 2000 or so peeps I know. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
37. People with a net worth over 1 million are at the LEAST "Upper Middle Class" if not rich... |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
38. A contradiction in terms. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. I wonder how old their data are |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
50. Is there possibly a tautology in this analysis -- |
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