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themattsmith:

motherjones:

From blogger extraordinaire Kevin Drum:

Suppose that you lead a comfortable middle-class life. Let’s say that you’re in your 30s, married, two children, and you make $100,000 per year. I offer you a fair coin flip with the…

That’s the law school flip!


Posted 2 years ago with 43 notes via themattsmith
Source: motherjones
  1. mens-rea reblogged this from themattsmith and added:
    That’s the law school flip!
  2. silas216 reblogged this from motherjones and added:
    I answer this question with one of my own: am I happy? Because if I am happy, if I am truly happy where I am, then why...
  3. shaunbwilson reblogged this from themattsmith and added:
    This question just doesn’t add up. If I retire in approximately 40 years and inflation increases in the same way it has...
  4. dukeku reblogged this from mercurypdx and added:
    since when is $100,000 per year “comfortably middle class”?
  5. violentnewcontinent reblogged this from rebeccam and added:
    That’s a distortion people tell themselves to make them feel better. If you went around asking people whether they...
  6. sinking-up reblogged this from motherjones and added:
    I have to wonder where this $100,000 figure came from, because to me that sounds a whole lot more than just...
  7. rebeccam reblogged this from violentnewcontinent and added:
    You missed the point entirely. A 100k/yr isn’t enough to take care of a family of four. That is the reality. Anyone who...
  8. homorobotica reblogged this from rebeccam
  9. roughguess reblogged this from how-tokissdistinctly-american and added:
    themattsmith:motherjones: I mean, we always hear that a million dollars ain’t what it used to be. A family of four on...
  10. highsee said: Hell no. If I’m married, two kids, AND making 100k a year, then I’m set. Why take the chance to lose everything you’ve worked hard for? Why put your family in jeopardy for more money? A comfortable living is all I require.
  11. technipol said: Absolutely not. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. And one of those birds in the bush sounds like it’s going to ruin me financially.
  12. downlo said: Nope.
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