Annual household income:

[leftofthedial]

Poll question: Annual household income:

what's yours?

[TheCoxwain]

1. Any specific reason you posted this poll ? Just curious.

[leftofthedial]

26. I think the majority of us are headed toward, if not to, the bottom.

Who is ready to live on third-world wages?

[Raven]

2. Lots of "rich" people here! Why aren't they Republicans? :-)

[Demobrat]

4. That would depend on

how many people in the household are working. Two people making $35,000 per year or one making $70,000?

[maxsolomon]

5. 2 people earning 65K each in Seattle

ain't "rich". our newest car is 14 years old.

[Xenotime]

7. That's more than some people make. You should be happy.

I know people that ride the bus everyday.

[XemaSab]

12. I know RICH PEOPLE who ride the bus every day

:o

[OmahaBlueDog]

17. Often, that's why they are rich

Live beneath one's means; invest the savings wisely.

[XemaSab]

19. Or they live in areas like the San Francisco bay area

where you can make a lot of money and where public transportation is an effective means of transportation.

[OmahaBlueDog]

20. I used to live in Oakland. One can, indeed, live there without a car

[Demobrat]

24. I live in SF and work in Oakland

and I haven't had a car in ten years.

[maxsolomon]

13. i didn't say i was unhappy.

i said i wasn't "rich". i'm aware that it is above the median income.

i'd also say that with each of us having a master's degree, we BETTER be making 65K each.

and i ride the bus.

[OmahaBlueDog]

16. OTOH, a family in Omaha making 40-60K can do OK

There are still many 4 bedroom homes here under 200K and 3 BR homes well under $150K.

[marybourg]

9. Not sufficiently greedy, bitter & resentful! nt.

[readmoreoften]

3. Wow, there are lots of well paid folks here.

Between my gf and myself we're probably under $16K combined. Operating at a loss here...

[leftofthedial]

27. come over to my house for some red beans and rice, bro.

:fistbump:

[readmoreoften]

35. Gladly. We've also got 11 dumpstered frozen dinners in the freezer.

They're some kind of hippy, mustardy, tofu grossness with peanuts that "whole paycheck" tossed, but hey... they're FREE and formerly very expensive. (And no one has gotten salmonella yet. On the up side.)

[leftofthedial]

39. no salmonella?

that's better than the average Kroger's customer can claim!

:thumbsup:

[onethatcares]

6. got out of construction just in time.,

or it would be 20K.

[ogneopasno]

8. I've seen 90K years and 10K years in construction. Now, obviously, is a bad time.

[No.23]

25. Income is only half of the equation.

You also have to look at the overhead (bills, obligations, etc.)

I'm making half of what I made 10 years ago (retirement does that to you).

But my overhead is significantly less too.

I was married then, and "stuff" (RIP George Carlin) was important to one of us.

Happily single now.... stuff ain't important... and my dollar goes much farther, even though I'm maing half of what I made then.

It ain't always the income that matters.

It's how much overhead you have too.

[walkaway]

10. In the past 5 months i have gone from $60,000 to

$18,000

Say goodbye to my house and car and life. Without the house and car I will be making $0

[scheming daemons]

22. Not a snark... but how are you affording internet access?

:shrug:

[SmileyRose]

36. My Juno $4.95 a month

I was grandfathered in so if I ever let it go and then rejoin it will be $9.95. And the library is free broadband but you only get 45 minutes and have to sign up up to a week in advance because the demand is so great.

At my house we go hungry before we give up internet because it's so cost effective.

[leftofthedial]

28. It's the transition that's hard...

much more than the new level.

[elleng]

11. Interesting!

I was in the almos highest 2.5 years ago, and now I'm in the lowest! Nothing like a little abuse to change ones pov!

PS, I'm the same person, with the same values and politics. A little more experience, tho.

[leftofthedial]

29. come over to my place. We'll check out the garden and talk and play checkers.

;-)

[elleng]

33. OK!

Where you at???

[leftofthedial]

38. I'm at home of course!

[proud patriot]

14. 20-29

[FirstLight]

15. Let's talk poverty line...

3 kids, AA Degree and never more than $15K a year, and not consistent income at all...

hopefully training and career planning with the EDD will help by the end of 2009, early 2010...just when there may be jobs to be found!

[MissB]

18. good luck to you and yours

You sound determined- I hope things work out well for you.

[leftofthedial]

30. best of luck!

I teach students, most of whom are working toward 2-year career degrees, but who know it's the beginning of a long road.

[scheming daemons]

21. Some people with money are NOT greedy bastards who only think of themselves

My wife and I combine to make $180,000.


And I wouldn't mind if our taxes went up. I see no reason why we can't return to the rates of 1993-2001.... when the govt was awash in cash and we were paying down the debt and unemployment was 3.9% and we were all doing well.

I'll never understand why the American people didn't give Gore a resounding landslide victory in that environment.

[leftofthedial]

31. they did give him a victory.

but never confuse income with intelligence. The two are usually inversely proportional.

[nonconformist]

23. 70 to 75k a year

Family of 5.

[leftofthedial]

32. livin' the dream!

[leftstreet]

34. Are any of the people in the $250k column female and single?

hehe...

[Lex]

37. if so, they probably have very good judgement

hehe...