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To: tejek who wrote (357139)	11/9/2007 11:36:20 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1588561

Its not a comfortable existence, but it does represent at least a lower middle class lifestyle. Even for a family of 6 $60k isn't poverty. It might mean money is tight, and that you have to live in a small place for the family size and still make a long commute because housing is too expensive where your job is located, but it isn't poverty. Also the $60k figure came from the proposed national SCHIP levels for a family of four not 6 and its $62K. New Jersey has already made payments to richer families with up to $72,275 of income. New York wants to pay families up to $82k. So in wealthy and expensive areas your talking about up to $20,500 per person in the family, not the $10K ($60K family of six). Even in New York $82K income for a family of four is a middle class income. Unlike in cheaper areas its far from upper middle class, but its not a level where public assistance should routinely be received. Its more than the median income for New York for families of any size. census.gov usdoj.gov