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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With a salary of $50K, you have to live with roommates.

If you are a family, you get the earned income tax credit paid to you (and you pay almost no taxes before that), you meet with a social worker, get food stamps and any other assistance you can, and some apt buildings set aside a few units to rent for lower income people but you might have to apply through the county and wait a couple yrs on a waiting list.[/quote]

HA! We make less than that and get ZERO assistance. We don't qualify for food stamps, subsidized daycare, reduced rent, reduced utilities or anything else. We asked our apartment complex about their low-income units and were told that 40k was too high for a family of three. As for "you pay almost no taxes," I assume that's relatively speaking. Total federal and state tax withholdings come out to about 200 per check. Usually we end up getting a very small refund from Federal that we immediately use to pay the deficit for DC taxes.

I wish it worked the way you say, but sadly it doesn't. [/quote]

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