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<p>Why are you using Amherst as the arbiter of what is middle class, as I never proposed such a thing?</p>
<p>The correct clarification is this: my initial response was to this statement,</p>
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<p>Please note that Amherst is not mentioned in the above statement. And my response was the above is to be expected. It still holds true that the largest cohort that has the largest working population, pays the most taxes, uses the most healthcare, and uses the most education is the middle class. (Taxes are in aggregate, not percentage, because the upper income pays a greater percentage of all taxes, even though there are fewer.) Where Amherst or any other school places its FA cutoff is not even relevant to the above statement.</p>
<p>More importantly, leave the Amherst-type tier and that $60K is mega-loan territory for the vast majority of students.</p>