"According to this woman, the range of so-called privileged people includes...oh! and I love this one, "owning and middle class."
Image this: families that tend to own their own home (although with a mortgage), own a car (although with a loan or lease), send their kids to college (although with student loans or scholarships), are saving for retirement, and have enough disposable savings to afford certain luxuries like dining out and vacations being called privileged. That is really an absurdity, an authentic altarage, something that just a lunatic lefty or an envious communist would say.
From the Investopedia.
"What Is the Middle Class?
The middle class is a description given to individuals and households who typically fall between the working class and the upper class within a socio-economic hierarchy. In Western cultures, persons in the middle class tend to have a higher proportion of college degrees than those in the working class, have more income available for consumption, and may own property. Those in the middle class often are employed as professionals, managers, and civil servants.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The middle class is a socio-economic strata that falls in between the working class and the upper class. The middle class constitutes about half of the U.S. population, but it has shrunk over nearly half a century.
Those in the middle class have enough disposable income to afford minor luxuries like vacations or restaurants but also rely on borrowing for big-ticket items like homes and cars.
Characteristics of the Middle Class
The concept of middle-class society may include a presumption of earning a salary that supports owning a resident in a suburban or comparable neighborhood in rural or urban settings, along with discretionary income that allows for access to entertainment and other flexible expenses such as travel or dining out. While it is assumed that middle-class households generate sufficient income for retirement savings along with standard expenses....
An ideal commonly held among the middle class is that it is possible to increase their income to higher economic strata through career advancement and salary upgrades. The Pew Research Center defines "middle class" as an income that ranges between two-thirds and double the median income...".
