How did middle class people generally differ from the lower claass?

“Middle class” in popular usage in the US is a euphemism (polite word) for “not rich and not poor.” When speaking with a co-worker whose family income placed her in the top 2–3% of Americans, and whose house was worth 30 times the average American’s salary, I classified her as rich. She objected strenuously, claiming instead to be middle class!

“Working class” is used to denote those who work with their hands, or who work in lower-paid jobs that may not require higher education. A synonym for “working class” is “blue collar.” Working class people are stereotyped as having less refined tastes and preferences.

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1. ford: gerald ford´s presidency, from 1974 to 1977, faced high inflation, named it public enemy nº1, and created the win program (whip inflation now).

2. carter: president from 1977 to 1981, carter had controversial poitions over abortion, but yet, he enforce the roe vs wade decision, which had pro-choice content.

3. reagan. for his eloquency and powerful speeches in his mandates, from 1981 to 1989, reagan earned this nickname, “the great communicator” .

4. george h w bush: despite many presidents had important roles in managing and trying to end the cold war, it was in bush sr's mandate that the berlin wall was materially destroyed, and he was visited by gorbachev in the uspresident from 1989 to 1993.

5. clinton: defense of marriage act. clinton signed this controvesial act, which defined marriage and spouses in strict heterosexual perspective, that was later declard unconstitutional by the us supreme court.

6. george w bush: in the begining of his presidency, which lasted until 2009, bush jr faced the greatest terrorist attacks in us and probably the worlds history, in september, 11 of 2001.

7. obama: in attempts to cease a great economical crisis, barack obama signed the controversial recovery act in february 2009, which handled 780-billion dollars.