Tag Archives: middle class

The traditional aspirations of leisurely vacations, quality education, and a secure retirement are becoming increasingly unattainable for many middle-class families. Rising costs and financial pressures have made it more difficult to save for these goals, with inflation, student debt, and inadequate retirement savings posing significant challenges. The interconnectedness of these financial struggles, compounded by political gridlock and societal behaviors, underscores the complexity of the problem. Achieving these dreams now requires both individual planning and systemic reforms to create a more sustainable economic environment for future generations.

The share of adults who are middle class varies widely across U.S. metropolitan areas. Our newly updated calculator lets you find out which group you fit in, first compared with other adults in your metro area and among American adults overall, and then compared with other adults in the U.S. similar to you in education, age, race or ethnicity, and marital status. Are you in the American middle class?

While some lack the necessary resources to become rich, many have the ability, but simply do not purchase assets that have the potential to appreciate in order to eventually make them rich. Instead, money is often spent as soon as it is earned for immediate need or gratification. This article outlines how to earn and acquire assets like the rich and spend like the poor.

The American middle class, long the most affluent in the world, has lost that distinction - to Canada, no less!

Most American households are making less money than they would have 14 years ago with adjusted dollars. It begs the question, what is happening with America’s middle class? Why is there a decline?

Until people understand the reality of this supposed financial recovery and realize that unless major changes are made the deck chairs on the Titanic will just keep being rearranged resulting in the wealthy being even wealthier by 2020 and the middle class being a shell of what it once was in the United States. [Let me explain more fully.] Words: 1260