> He said they were "an average middle-class family," and their combined
> earnings was $8,000/mo. If his figures are accurate, it still might be a
> misleading statistic. (Or maybe not; I don't know.)
It's quite possible. $4,000 per month per earner is a salary of $48,000 per year, a bit higher than the average wage-earner, but definitely middle-class.
-- DRR