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13. Out of touch with reality.

Thu Dec 21, 2017, 11:18 AM

Dec 2017

The average income in America across all jobs is only $51,939. A million dollar income is fantasy dream for most people.

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SINGLE RENTER - NO KIDS [View all] blogslut Dec 2017 OP

I would be outraged MichMan Dec 2017 #1

I wonder how much life was sucked out of the poor staffer blogslut Dec 2017 #3

Is this a bad thing? Marengo Dec 2017 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2017 #11

I'm not sure a person making a million dollars and is renting mythology Dec 2017 #4

Who makes $1M/yr and still rents? LonePirate Dec 2017 #6

Plenty of people kcr Dec 2017 #7

I'd rent no matter what crazycatlady Dec 2017 #10

Very very few people make over one million per year. NCTraveler Dec 2017 #15

I would think that it depends on where they live. MrScorpio Dec 2017 #31

Leave it to charts to remind me how poor I am dembotoz Dec 2017 #8

This is my favorite reply blogslut Dec 2017 #9

Out of touch with reality. procon Dec 2017 #13

if you look at the link, $50,000 is their first example Skittles Dec 2017 #24

It might to a lot of people MichMan Dec 2017 #16

For a lot of families that is significant Lee-Lee Dec 2017 #17

I guess if you aren't living paycheck to paycheck it isn't MichMan Dec 2017 #20

Your circumstances are not everyone elses Lee-Lee Dec 2017 #23

Depends on what they lose for that $84 a month. haele Dec 2017 #29

This. Exactly. we can do it Dec 2017 #32

On a $1 million salary, 2 grand is chump change alarimer Dec 2017 #21

A single 64-year-old home owner with income of $40,000 year vsrazdem Dec 2017 #27

A Single Renter Making $1M/Year? SoCalMusicLover Dec 2017 #28

Can they cherrypick even more - Hey, here's a "tax bill" haele Dec 2017 #30