Ci sono state alcune discussioni sull’imposta di solidarietà sugli utili degli investimenti e se questo mira o meno alla classe media. Questo mi ha fatto chiedermi quale sia anche la classe media, e ho trovato questi criteri (usati nella ricerca a Kul). Le cifre sono del 2022, quindi aggiungi circa il 10-15% per tenere conto dell’inflazione
https://i.redd.it/68k5brmopihe1.png
di drakekengda
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This only takes into account income, like the graphs say, including interests, rent payments and dividends.
But it forgets to take into account CAPITAL. You can borrow against your assets, and create liquidity and disposable cash without leading to any “income” event.
Also, rich people that want to spend money, need to only sell assets for the amount they want to spend, in other words, 100% of their liquidation is their consumption. Poor people also have to pass by the tax man with their earned income from labor before they can put their savings in.
The middle class is an illusion.
Everybody wants to feel like they are middle class. If you are working hard, and finally can afford your second hand peugoet, you consider yourself middle class. If you are too poor to afford this bentley cabriolet and have to drive your E class all summer, you consider yourself middle class…
The combination of income and assets is what is important, and that is very, very hard to pour into clean statistics.
Is there a comparisson for the average costs? These numbers are about the income, they don’t take into consideration the different monthly/annual costs. For example, a young couple that jist bought their first house v an older couple who just finished paying off their hous. Both can have the same income, but obviously different costs?
What about stuff like handicaps? Higher costs for special needs children?
Good graphic, thanks
Middle Class is defined by wealth, not income. Everything you have, which has an economic value, is consider wealth. You can earn those 4k EUR Net, but be “rich”, because your family left you a 12 million mansion. There isn’t any Standard where middle class starts and finishes. This is usually done by institutions, media, us, etc…
The middle class is an illusion. You are either working class or capitalist/owners class (they could relax whenever they feel like it).
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd7cohTdRAo&ab_channel=SecondThought](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd7cohTdRAo&ab_channel=SecondThought)
(Yes, I know SecondThought is rather socialist).
It’s like “woke”, it has a fluid definition depending on what point you are trying to make.
https://preview.redd.it/tcumwe34wihe1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef73bca58febfa59410527dd7f07075b1e51aa32
This is the updated version from januari 2025 (was in ‘Het Nieuwsblad’). It takes into account the indexations we had vs the one OP shared.
Kwa inkomen zijn wij, dankzij het inkomen van mijn vriend, bij de “lage middenklasse” maar als ik dan mijn medische kosten aftrek zitten we in armoede.
Gelukkig eigen huis, want als mijn vriend sterft zit ik met €1200/maand er dik onder maar met een dak boven mijn hoofd.