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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (465437)3/20/2009 10:29:42 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1577825
 
>Anyone can get school loans.

Yes, and those same people end up with $100K in debt coming out of college and then working $50K/year jobs and spending half of the rest of their lives paying off that debt.

>What percentage of people making $55K/year don't have health insurance? "Probably" implies more than 50%.

If their company doesn't pay for it? I'd bet over 50%.

-Z



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (465437)3/21/2009 6:07:17 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1577825
 
> And unless your company pays your health and dental insurance, you probably don't have that, either.

What percentage of people making $55K/year don't have health insurance? "Probably" implies more than 50%.

You would be surprised......55k is the median, not the average.


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