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> it is extremely hard to believe that 36% of people earning 4x the US median income are the working poor.

I don't find that hard to believe at all, at least in the US. That income bracket tends overextend themselves and carry too much debt. A shockingly high percentage of people in it will be bankrupt in 5 years.



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