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Old 05-13-2015, 09:29 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by crockett View Post
$300k/year is not considered middle class, it's way above it. The average middle class household income for a family of 4 is $70,354. Taken from google.

This guy lived a very privileged life compared to most people in this country and he by his own bad judgment failed to secure his position and gambled with his future health. He lost.

Would you guys be trying so hard to make excuses for him if he was a minority whom worked as a janitor and couldn't afford insurance? Would you care about him or would you complain that you had to pay his welfare check? ( I know the answer don't worry because I've already seen the posts here on GFY)

The simple fact is if this guy wasn't on you guy's team whining about Obamacare, if he wasn't a moderately successful white guy , you guys would be trashing him for being stupid and not taking responsibility for his actions. The only reason you guys are defending him because it's made political because he cried about Obamacare and he jumped on the blame all his troubles on Obama bandwagon which so many of you relate to.
Actually, median household income in US (average household considered 2 adults and 2 children) is $54,203 as of March 2015. Median household income in NC where this guy is from is $45,150. The average wage in the US is $16 per hour. If this guy really made $300,000 per year that puts him damn close to being in the top 1% of earners (in NC you need to make $338K per year to be in the top 1%).
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