People in social classes with greater power attempt to cement their own positions in society and maintain their ranking above the lower social classes in the social hierarchy. Social classes with a great deal of power are usually viewed as elites, at least within their own societies.
Debt Burden Ratios. This is the ratio of debt burden to income. For example, if you pay Â£2,000 in debt interest and have an income of Â£40,000. If you a country has a debt burden of Â£100bn and pays debt interest of Â£60bn.
The two situations in which the burden rate is used are: 1  Labor. 2  Payroll taxes and benefits are added to an employee's wages to arrive at the total cost of labor for that individual. 3  The burden rate is the dollar amount of burden (i.e., overhead) that is applied to one dollar of wages.