According to the Pew Charitable Trust Methodology for Identifying the Middle

question 9

Multiple Choice

According to the Pew Charitable Trust methodology for identifying the middle class, if people near the boundary between the lowest and the lower middle income class lose income, the middle class will ___

• A)shrink, but that is unambiguously a good thing.
• B)shrink, and that is unambiguously a bad thing.
• C)increase, and that is unambiguously a good thing.
• D)increase, and that is unambiguously a bad thing.

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