What is Middle Class?

Are you a middle class American? Well Middle Class refers to the median income (aka the medium income) it can vary for where you live. The range is anywhere from $34,000 to as high as $100,000 or more. It also depends on how many people are in your family. Oregon median income is approx $47,100 for a family of 4.

Now what is poverty: In Oregon poverty is defined by money vs. people in your household, a family of four (husband, wife, and two kids) should make $21,200 or less to be in poverty. 

Now I guess if you make somewhere between $21,200 and $47,100 you might be poor or even lower middle class. I can think of a few people I know who are aspiring to someday fit into that poor or lower middle area... how about you?

Almost all facts and figures taken from : http://www.ocpp.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=2008PovMedian

Guantanamo Bay & Lobbyists

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama's order to close Guantanamo Bay prison is a huge step in the right direction but leaves open the question of what to do with the 245 detainees still held there, rights groups and legal experts said Thursday. 

"This is a terrific start, a giant step on the path to restoring justice," said Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) after Obama signed three executive orders just two days into his presidency, including one to shutter the controversial prison within a year. 

"We are concerned by legal ambiguities in the order to shutter Guantanamo, and some may say the one-year timeline may be too long," Romero added. 

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