sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 11:28:09 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> > sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> > > On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:10:33 -0600, "cshenk" >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:22:15 -0500, Gary >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > No real business can survive on $125 per day gross income.
> > > > >
> > > > > Forget the business. How can a single person can do more than
> > > > > couch surf at that rate, when they live in or near an urban
> > > > > area?
> > > >
> > > > Umm, it's 15$ an hour. Granted it's only 32.5K a year, but
> > > > with a spouse working, puts you pretty much into middle income
> > > > levels.
> > >
> > > $32k is barely making it here or any urban area AFAIC.
> >
> > It's not a whole lot in some areas but note I included a working
> > spouse making about the same. That would then be 65K combined
> > income. I believe technically that puts them into 'middle income'
> > today?
> >
> Laughingly called "middle" income.

True, but it's also where a lot of subsidized things cut out. Free
college aide is one of them which ends up in huge student loans. If
you are putting a kid through college who lives at home, you don't get
much you can claim as a dependent either.

Carol

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