Thanks for the link, so I know a lot of people that make over 100G so yes there is an upper middle class. Just call us the 14%ers.
Yep, she is truly a lefty dolt. But my wife and I are in that upper middle class and it doesn't seem like it. My expectation before we made it here was that we'd have a lot more disposable income on our hands. But that was in the days when the average reasonable car could be had for less than $10K or so. Now it seems like it's $50K or more. Housing is more expensive, etc. So the dollar just doesn't go near as far as it used to and it doesn't feel as if we've somehow "arrived." Still, Occasional-Cortex is an idiot; we're quite content!