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mibuokami on 28 February 2010
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ramses01 said:
Games4Fun said:
28,000 is more than enough to make a decent living starting out. A ton of people make a hell of a lot less than that and do ok. Hell I make less then half that atm (working part time while in school) and me and my room mate are just fine.


28K may seem good now, but after school you will realize that anything below about 75K won't provide a decent standard of living.  Closer to twice that if you live in an expensive city.

LOL 75k? Hahaha seriously! You've just condem like 70% of American below the poverly line. Get real buddy. 75k is a respectable income after 3-5 years in the workforce, starting off at 75k is the exception, not the bare minimum to provide a 'decent standard of living' which I'd really like for you to clarify because it sounds like your decent standard of living is way WAY higher than society's common perception.

Seriously, I don't even live in America and something like this has been drilled into my head going into the work force.

Here, its probably cannot be use as a source without backup since its Wikipedia but it should at least give a rough guideline of real American income both with and without a college education.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States