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To: tejek who wrote (465415)3/20/2009 7:54:12 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578452
 
Ted, > Did you ever try to feed, clothe and house a family of four on that amount?

I know a family of seven that did just that with less:

a.abcnews.com

I also know a family of eight that is able to live very comfortably here in the OC on a single income (though that single income is comparable to mine).

Anyone who can't take care of a family of four on $55K/year really ought to examine their priorities.

Here's another link you might want to read (from John Stossel, FYI):

abcnews.go.com

> "Middle class people today live like rich people lived in the 1950s," said Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute.

Tenchusatsu



To: tejek who wrote (465415)3/20/2009 8:46:11 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578452
 
>Besides the median salary in the US is $48K.......that's not a lot of money if you live in an urban environment.

Hell, it's not a lot of money if you live in a non-urban environment. Not easy to put kids through college on that.

-Z