The sight was staggering in Prince George’s County, Md., home to more than 60,000 federal workers: middle-class professionals lined up for boxes of pasta, protein and produce to feed their families.
After a two-hour wait, Wanda Bright had finally reached the front of the line — just as the first batch of supplies ran out.
The Capital Area Food Bank had started the day with 300 boxes, enough for 150 government employees to receive two boxes each. It turned out that the need was even greater.
It is admittedly difficult for the average wage earner in most of the country to understand how $200k/yr isn’t the lap of luxury, because I live in a “high cost of living” area relative to most of Maine, and I’m pretty comfortable with my $45k and my wife’s 35. We just bought a house. We drive cars we own, we don’t use credit cards. We’re both college drop outs with no loans left, so I’m sure that’s part of it. But yea, not trying to bash, just more politely explain than “cry baby bitch”, because that gets us nowhere.
My salary is below the median where I live.
Could your salaries work in New York City or San Francisco?
I work for my money and use most all of it for the survival of my family. I’m not saving vast quantities and I’m not the problem.
My 5x the USA median salary isn’t the problem. The fact that the median salary is 5x less than mine IS the problem.
Median salary for san francisco is about 105k, median salary for new york is about 80k.
Youre budgeting terribly if you are having issues.
Right now it looks like you are lying.
You’re missing the point of what I said and what I posited to the person who responded to me.
I don’t live in either of those areas.
The fact that I’m being picked apart because I’m trying to give some insight as to how “people who make more than you do could be in trouble” because of the government shutdown.
I guess fuck all of those people that I’m advocating for?
The house down the street from me just sold for $1.4m. It was a single story, 3 bed, 1 bath. Tiny yard with no privacy. Oh did I mention that it literally didn’t have a roof? And I live in the poor part of my high cost of living area.