My Biggest Writing Mistake (So Far)

How I unintentionally instigated class warfare on Medium.

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Several weeks ago, I wrote a story entitled, “Why the Middle Class Hates the Poor”. There were several problems with the story, and it ended up further polarizing my readers.

The reaction to the story made me pull it from the Money. Daily. publication and completely hide it in Medium.

• The story was pulled from the publication.
• All tags were removed.
• The story was unlisted, and therefore also unmetered.
• The SEO title could not be changed, but I removed the SEO description.
• An introduction prior to the article links to this story.

It now has the title of Archived Story #1, can only be accessed by a direct link, and will solely be used as an example of how words really do matter.

What I Intended

When I started writing this story, I wanted to see if the wealthiest Americans actually do pay higher taxes. There have been hundreds of articles about how the rich use legal tax breaks and illegal tax shelters to reduce their taxable income, and they made me curious.