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.
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