I remember thinking when all of this SCHIP nonsense started last month how crazy the left's thinking was. If you are a family of four making $80K a year, you are "rich" enough to afford a tax increase, yet you are too "poor" to afford health insurance for your kids.
I have often noted the same things. When raising taxes, there are an awful lot of people that liberals think "can afford it." But when doling out entitlements, there are too many to be paid.
Let's see the democrats tax net worth. Let's see how that goes over. Oh yea, the death tax.
By the way, why don't we ever see the stats officially labeling the "middle class"?
Consequently, these statistics are always way off for income levels. There is a large group of workers in the 17 - 23 age range that have very low wage jobs while in school that are included in the stats as "poor." There is also a lot of 60 - 90 age range that is included. They switch back and forth from "house hold" incomes to individual incomes when it fits the story they are selling.