I like it when a person I disagree with writes something that (a) makes me think, and (b) contains a great deal of hard truths. So, ladies and gentlemen, I give you 
this take-down of all of us here from Slate by Reihan Salam, executive editor of the National Review.
The spree or TL;DR on this: the upper middle class makes political and policy decisions that are often Not Good. Also, they say they are Not Rich when they make gobs of money because it's so expensive to live in places like New Canaan. (Just re-read "The Ice Storm" - I miss Paigow. Sniff.)