Comments on: How I Quickly Got Out of the Middle Class http://ptmoney.com/how-i-quickly-got-out-of-the-middle-class/ Real Personal Finance for a Life Without Limits! Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:51:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PThttp://ptmoney.com/how-i-quickly-got-out-of-the-middle-class/comment-page-1/#comment-231 PT Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/2008/01/25/how-i-quickly-got-out-of-the-middle-class/#comment-231 @Jack - Sorry if it rubbed you the wrong way. Not intended. You missed out by not checking out my 10 Things, man. ...some of my best stuff in there. All free. @Jack – Sorry if it rubbed you the wrong way. Not intended. You missed out by not checking out my 10 Things, man. …some of my best stuff in there. All free.

]]> By: Jackhttp://ptmoney.com/how-i-quickly-got-out-of-the-middle-class/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Jack Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/2008/01/25/how-i-quickly-got-out-of-the-middle-class/#comment-229 So, the content of the article named "How I Quickly Got Out of the Middle Class" has nothing to do with how you got out of the middle class at all... that's kind of a letdown. If you want to keep readers who stumble into your site you may want to write some relevant content to the headlines. I'm not really excited about the idea of following the link to your ten things and giving you another page hit to use in some statistics that make you feel like a success. Better luck next time. So, the content of the article named “How I Quickly Got Out of the Middle Class” has nothing to do with how you got out of the middle class at all… that’s kind of a letdown. If you want to keep readers who stumble into your site you may want to write some relevant content to the headlines. I’m not really excited about the idea of following the link to your ten things and giving you another page hit to use in some statistics that make you feel like a success. Better luck next time.

]]> By: ptmoneyhttp://ptmoney.com/how-i-quickly-got-out-of-the-middle-class/comment-page-1/#comment-224 ptmoney Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/2008/01/25/how-i-quickly-got-out-of-the-middle-class/#comment-224 @ EarlyRetirementExtreme - Wow, you nailed it. I like your definition. Thanks for the thoughtful comment.@ Lazy Man and Money - Good point. It's not only who you ask, but where you are asking. @ EarlyRetirementExtreme – Wow, you nailed it. I like your definition. Thanks for the thoughtful comment.

@ Lazy Man and Money – Good point. It’s not only who you ask, but where you are asking.

]]> By: Lazy Man and Moneyhttp://ptmoney.com/how-i-quickly-got-out-of-the-middle-class/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Lazy Man and Money Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/2008/01/25/how-i-quickly-got-out-of-the-middle-class/#comment-223 If you live in Silicon Valley the middle class can be around $200,000 a year. If you live Iowa, it might be $50,000 (not really sure). It's all about location, location, location. If you live in Silicon Valley the middle class can be around $200,000 a year. If you live Iowa, it might be $50,000 (not really sure). It’s all about location, location, location.

]]> By: Early Retirement Extremehttp://ptmoney.com/how-i-quickly-got-out-of-the-middle-class/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Early Retirement Extreme Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/2008/01/25/how-i-quickly-got-out-of-the-middle-class/#comment-221 Actually I have a post on that coming up on my site tomorrow or Saturday (I forget) complete with fancy diagrams :-) Roughly speaking, the poor to me are people who have to work to pay for their expenses. The middle class I define as people who can get credit, mortgage, etc. and have to work to pay off their debt and work to pay their expenses. The investor class are people who can cover all their expenses with investment income. I am an investor. A small timer, but an investor no less. This way of dividing things does not look at how much money one makes and spends, but rather where the money comes from. So some middle class people can earn up to $200,000. Fact is though, they still have to show up for work to get it. If they don't they'll have creditors calling them up within a couple of months. This is how I define middle class. Actually I have a post on that coming up on my site tomorrow or Saturday (I forget) complete with fancy diagrams :-) Roughly speaking, the poor to me are people who have to work to pay for their expenses. The middle class I define as people who can get credit, mortgage, etc. and have to work to pay off their debt and work to pay their expenses. The investor class are people who can cover all their expenses with investment income. I am an investor. A small timer, but an investor no less. This way of dividing things does not look at how much money one makes and spends, but rather where the money comes from. So some middle class people can earn up to $200,000. Fact is though, they still have to show up for work to get it. If they don’t they’ll have creditors calling them up within a couple of months. This is how I define middle class.

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