Is the Ohio middle class shrinking? It depends on who you ask.

The middle quintile — the group Halbert’s organization defines as Ohio’s middle class — earns between roughly $50,200 and $84 ...
DMNews

The lower middle class isn’t struggling because they spend too much. They’re struggling because they live close enough to wealth to absorb its costs without eve…

The lower middle class doesn't overspend — they live in an economic architecture where proximity to wealth inflates every ...

The Democrats are about to make a trillion-dollar mistake

This shift has a coherent political logic. Democrats have grown increasingly dependent on upper middle-class support — while ...
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Why moving to Florida is way harder than I expected and the problems nobody warned me about

China issues warning to Trump as upcoming trip delayed US conducts test dropping 'safe' nuclear bomb from advanced fighter jet 11-year-old faces murder charges for death of 5-year-old brother in ...

Trapped in their starter homes: Canada has a second-time homebuyer problem

While governments across Canada focus on providing badly needed help to first-time home buyers, they are failing to see the ...
RealLifeDIY on MSN

The neighborhood fix-it culture that built the American middle class — and when it ended

Neighbors once built each other's wealth — then something quietly ended it.

I was a respectable middle-class mother of three but my shameful secret wine habit saw me drink on the way to school drop off. This is the day I did something no mot…

I can't remember what made me start drinking on the bus to work in the mornings. It was probably because I felt so ill from ...

Canadians concerned about rising government deficits, believe middle-class will foot the bill: poll

Canadians are concerned about rising government deficits, with a majority believing that middle-class taxpayers will eventually have to foot the bill for all the public overspending, according to a ...

The “populist” crusade to make the suburbs more segregated and expensive

Many of America’s middle-class suburbs are zoned exclusively for single-family homes. In the past, this has effectively ...
The American Prospect

Democratic Presidential Contenders Have a New Idea: Tax Cuts

Chris Van Hollen and Cory Booker argue that middle-class households are paying too much in federal income taxes.
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Former Federal Court judge Nallini Pathmanathan: Lawyers should do more ‘pro bono’ work so more Malaysians can access justice

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — Lawyers should be encouraged to do free legal work to help Malaysians who cannot afford ...

What Sherrill (and insiders) told me about her first N.J. budget plan | Mikie’s World

The Democrat delivered her inaugural state budget proposal Tuesday, a $60.7 billion plan that comes as she tackles a dual ...