How long ago was that? What kind of cost of living area? You really can't take a number and use it to judge someone without taking into account so many variable

How long ago was that? What kind of cost of living area? You really can't take a number and use it to judge someone without taking into account so many variables. 40k in Texas would be about 80 in Cali. Due to inflation and other things that eat away at purchasing power that's much harder to raise a family or even oneself up on. Gone are the days of one person working and supporting an entire family like most baby boomers seem to still think is possible. Of course the billionaires like it this way. They are destroying the middle class, but they keep the fighting at the lower ranks. It's not the 1% that are the problem, it's the .01%.