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>Making $200k is completely out of reach for almost all Americans of all ages. Even ignoring urban areas that run on monopoly money (SF) a heck of a lot of pro
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
>Making $200k is completely out of reach for almost all Americans of all ages.
Even ignoring urban areas that run on monopoly money (SF) a heck of a lot of professions will surpass 200k somewhere in middle age if you don't make a career change that sets you back. Not just doctors and lawyers but all sorts of white collar technical professions, managers of those types of workers and people who are the head administrators (but not owners) of all sorts of medium sized businesses will make that kind of money.
Heck, state police officers who are savvy enough to milk the overtime system routinely surpass that.
- Mezzie 5y agoThose still aren't most Americans. Most Americans, well over 50%, will not see that kind of income at any point in their life.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoI never said anything about "most". The ideologue I was replying to said "almost all"
- p1esk 5y agoAccording to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States#Top_percentiles_of_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States... it seems that more than 99% of individuals (not to be confused with households) earn less than 200k. That's a reasonable definition for "almost all".
- standardUser 5y agoYou can explain all you want, but if you're pretending we live in a country where earning $200k is common and achievable for most people, you're living in a fantasy land. No wonder people don't support more efforts to address income inequality if they don't even understand what realistic income is for most people.