I know this comes up every now and then, but I still am not satisifed with any attempted answers. So, I ask: What is the working class? Does it include white collar workers? How about $150,000/month senior engineers? Is wealth an issue? A recent immigrant software engineer might make $80,000/year but (s)he may be building his/her life in the US from nothing, while a $40,000/year worker might have a family home and future inheritance (of parental savings) that could amount to say half a million or more.
In an earlier thread, someone criticized my questions as "trial lawyer"ing or some such. I will try to preempt such dismissal, once again, by reinforcing that these are genuine questions, not rhetorical or sarcastic ones.
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