"Many American families, even those with relatively high incomes, are walking a financial tightrope," said Erin Currier, director of Pew's financial security and mobility project. "Many have little, if any, cushion to absorb an unexpected financial setback. It's a precarious state that threatens not just financial security, but upward mobility." This article talks about how middle class families might not be prepared for an economic crisis if there ever is one, because of the fact that they are not making as much income as the upper class families.

"It's tough to gauge how the tax plan would actually help the middle class because the averages can be deceiving. Many people pounced on a recent Tax Policy Center analysis that showed middle income people, making between $49,000 and $84,000, would pay an extra $7 in tax, on average." This article talks about president Obama's new Middle Class Economics. Only about 25% of the middle class will receive benefits from these tax cuts.