The 3-ladder system of social class in the U.S.

This is an interesting way of re-stratisfying our social hierarchy. It reminds me of a statement I read, something like "the top 1% of Americans feel they have more in common with the 1% in other countries than with the rest of the US." Except here, we're speaking of E1, not the entire 1%.<p><pre><code> Visual diagram of the system: E1 Super-elite E2 E3~=G1 We think of as 1% E4~=G2 Upper G3~=L1 Upper Middle G4~=L2 Middle L3 Lower Middle L4 Poverty U Generational unemployment</code></pre>

I'd be interested in seeing population statistics for this particular social hierarchy, especially employment and income trends over the last 60-70 years.