

“We learn things like chemistry, geology, and English in high school and college, but there are no mandatory courses on personal finance. Sam Dogen, the founder of the Financial Samurai personal finance website, told Bored Panda during an earlier interview that the biggest barrier for people to become rich is the lack of education.

However, what is a problem is the lack of financial education in schools. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with financial stability or providing for your family. #7 The Millennial credits: Joe_WBarnes #8 It’s Quite Simple credits: TheAndrewNadeau #9 Congrats On The New Ride credits: middleclassfancy At the same time, 22 percent of upper-income Americans were in the same situation. The Center’s survey from April and May 2020 found that 36 percent of lower-income and 28 percent of middle-income adults lost their jobs or had to take a paycut because of the pandemic and lockdowns. Pew Research explains that it’s not just the working class that felt the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic. In short, it’s implied that the American middle class is shrinking and getting poorer, as the population in the extreme bottom and top of the economic spectrum continues to increase. Image credits: middleclassfancy #6 Understandable Image credits: chris_herd #5 Let’s Have A Productive Day Meanwhile, in 2014, the share dropped down to just 43 percent. The share of income it was capturing stood at 60 percent back in 1970. Investopedia notes that the middle class in the US is pulling in far less income than half a century ago. The tagline of MCF is that “LiFe Is GoOd.” A little too good for some middle-class homeowners, judging by the memes the page keeps posting.ĭespite all the humor, there are some serious issues affecting the middle class. A further 122.5k people follow the project’s page on Facebook while Twitter brings in another 16.4k followers. The ‘Middle Class Fancy’ project has a whopping 2.4 million fans on Instagram. Image credits: middleclassfancy #3 Congrats Zander, You Played Yourself Image credits: Bmangall20 #2 Just Gotta Keep Climbing That Corporate Latter More info: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | #1 Heck Off Dennis Which of these memes did you relate to the most, Pandas? Share your thoughts in the comments. Go grab yourself some meat and cheese on a piece of wood, scroll down, upvote your fave memes, and let us know which of these got you chuckling the most. For example, the ‘Middle Class Fancy’ account over on Instagram has some utterly hilarious memes to share with all of us, poking fun at the more ridiculous parts of living in a middle-class household and at the differences between different generations. So it’s only natural that the internet pays a lot of attention to middle-class shenanigans. The American middle class might be shrinking, however, it still makes up the majority, standing at 52 percent of households. While some see it as living a super fancy lifestyle without technically being rich, others view it as a stable lifestyle and finally not having to worry about putting food on the table every night. Being middle class might mean different things to different people.
