A second point that was discussed heavily throughout the readings by Eichenreich and Metzgar was that of the subjectivity of the middle class. It seems that people cannot really be defined as middle class unless they see themselves as that or they feel that they live 'comfortably' in that class. The tables given in the Metzgar reading which break up the 3 classes gives an almost ridiculously large range for the middle class going from $18000 to $82000. Obviously, the lower echelon of that group is not living comfortably and would hardly consider themselves middle class. Yet, some people within that lower bracket would be living very comfortably as a member of the middle class if they did not have children to support or many expenses. I have always thought of class lines as somewhat of a objective thing and never really considered that it was more so based on how people view themselves. The middle class also can be broken down once again to the larger inclusive class and the smaller exclusive or professional class as Eichenreich refers to it. He explains this professional class as difficult to write about as they seem to represent such a distinct minority. I would agree with him in that the term middle class becomes highly unsatisfactory in our society as it scope attempts to become too broad and essentially just excludes the extremely poor or extremely wealthy. Such a general labeling of the middle class does a disservice to people within it as it wants to group together simple factory workers with established managerial professionals. It does not seem like there would be a creation of a new class any time soon to deal with the gap between the members of the middle class but perhaps a new system of labeling that is more concrete would help to deal with the problems that stem from a loosely defined 'group'.