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To: tejek who wrote (233784)	5/20/2005 7:07:17 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574495

Tim........1) you implied/suggested that people who make $50k have no right to complain because they are doing better than people in other countries. I did no such thing. Finally, $50k for a family of four in a metro area is a very tight income. Depends on the metro area. For a single person, its okay but not great. And the truth is, its below the average median for the US. So its just above poverty. 2005 HHS Poverty Guidelines For "48 Contiguous States and D.C" Family size - Poverty Level 1 - $ 9,570 2 - $12,830 3 - $16,090 4 - $19,350 aspe.hhs.gov It would have to be a family of 14 for $50k to be under the poverty line. For the Census Bureau's Poverty threashold numbers see census.gov the numbers are not very different from the HHS numbers. You might consider those figures to be two low but even if you double them, $50k would still be well above the poverty level for a family of 4 let alone for an individual. Tim