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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suspect there may be a chunk in grad school or SAH with kids, with zero income, pulling down the average.

Public service is popular.  Obama was probably earning in that range at 34.  Those jobs don't necessarily pay well.[/quote]

Yes. I'm looking at my Brown class and so many went into public service or top law schools reaching for judgeship. As a foreigner, it's amazing to me. The very wealthy families can afford to send their offspring to work in power positions that shape the future of this country. It's a self-serving mechanism that keeps the poor and unconnected from gaining decision-making power. Do you think all these people working on the Hill and buying the million $ housing are doing it from a staffer salary? Meanwhile, the poor are busy working their butts off to get a well paid job and accumulate some wealth while the elite is deciding almost everything.  [/quote]

I'm shocked this is "amazing" to you. Where are you from where this isn't the case?[/quote]

Europe. Of course it's amazing to me, don't you advertise yourself as the land of opportunity, equality,  pull oneself up by one's bootstraps and various other c*ap? At least we're honest about the privilege.  [/quote]

People do have the opportunity to make a lot of money if they graduate from an Ivy and go into finance. But usually people that start out poor and become rich will value that, and they will also tell their kids to go into high-earning professions. They don't care about public policy as long as they're making money. [/quote]

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