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My family is actually at the bottom 1%. We can afford a solid standard of living at $15K-$20K salaries because of corporate behemoths like Walmart, which I assu
by yyyyyyy5 15y ago
My family is actually at the bottom 1%. We can afford a solid standard of living at $15K-$20K salaries because of corporate behemoths like Walmart, which I assume you despise, feed, clothe, and entertain our family at $15 per day.
Maybe you shouldn't generalize about poor people.
- wpietri 15y agoIf you have salaries (plural!) in the $15-20k range, then you are nowhere near the bottom 1%: http://www.data360.org/dsg.aspx?Data_Set_Group_Id=2363 http://www.data360.org/dsg.aspx?Data_Set_Group_Id=2363 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States The poverty line for one person is $10.9k. For a family of four, $22.4k. That covers circa 15% of the population. For comparison, the median income is $44k, so if you're making $30-40k per year (assuming two salaries) then that's not far from the average American household.