29-12-2014 14:30 via theguardian.com

Guardian readers: US middle class is 'living from one crisis to the next'

Despite endless chatter of an American middle class, a precise definition of the term remains elusive. So we asked our readers to tell us in their own words where they think they fall on the US class spectrum and whyFed chair Janet Yellen says income inequality is un-American
American paychecks fall to 1995 levels as poverty continues to sweep US
As US lawmakers hit the campaign trail to stump for re-election this fall, they all attempted to appeal to the American middle class. Yet the one thin
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