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Re:The FCC is stopping 9 companies from providing subsidized... by deelowe on Saturday February 04, 2017 @12:03PM (#13567711)
$38k in the 80s was a pretty decent wage. Hardly poor. $38,000 in 1985 would be roughly $87,000 today. That's solidly within middle class.

http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0912/which-income...

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Re:The FCC is stopping 9 companies from providing subsidized... by bluejekyll on Saturday February 04, 2017 @01:03PM (#13568059)
I did not intend to imply that my family was poor, only that we struggled with that income in suburban PA.

The reason I posted that is because I find it very difficult to believe that any family of 1 or more children on an income of 40k a year today would have a comfortable life, and affording broadband Internet would be difficult.

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