I'm not really saying they're related. I thought the OP had conflated the two at first- I took him to be saying that the upper middle class is both getting screwed with taxes and falling behind economically in the larger scheme of things. (He wasn't really saying that, I just thought he was.)
My point was that the upper middle class might be getting screwed by taxes, but they're still largely improving their economic lot- much like the OP.
And while it might not be fair, it's not exactly as unfair as raising taxes on young hotties because they get to enjoy a lot of sex. Taxes and ones economic status are inexorably tangled, no?
I think it's just a tough sell for many in the upper middle class to make right now. "Waaa, I'm losing my itemized deductions, and I won't be able to stuff my retirement account with as many thousands of tax exempt dollars as before!"
When you're presenting that case to the poor and to those in the declining lower class even while your economic status is steadily improving, it just isn't likely to generate much sympathy. IMO.
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
My point was that the upper middle class might be getting screwed by taxes, but they're still largely improving their economic lot- much like the OP.
And while it might not be fair, it's not exactly as unfair as raising taxes on young hotties because they get to enjoy a lot of sex. Taxes and ones economic status are inexorably tangled, no?
I think it's just a tough sell for many in the upper middle class to make right now. "Waaa, I'm losing my itemized deductions, and I won't be able to stuff my retirement account with as many thousands of tax exempt dollars as before!"
When you're presenting that case to the poor and to those in the declining lower class even while your economic status is steadily improving, it just isn't likely to generate much sympathy. IMO.
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."