[quote=kev374]If Joe the Plumber is making over $250k (gross or net doesn’t matter) then he is quite well off, I don’t consider that middle class AT ALL by any definition. Since when did the middle class earn over 1/4 million dollars a year?[/quote]

Especially in a small town in Ohio. The median home price is 154K and falling. Ohio in general has a very poor economy. This guy should jumping for joy. Small town Ohio is not SoCal.

On another level our government spending is not just too much, it’s also on ‘things’ that are far removed from the good of the people. It’s a beyond absurd and completely unsustainable. That magic trick is about done and “we the people” are going to pay. Not the criminals that put us in this position.