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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I never assumed that they were.  But if you are single and making $50K in Washington, DC, I do not see how that is not enough to live on and get by.  When I started out 20 some odd years ago, my starting salary was $17K.  Adjusted for inflation that is about $34,000 today.  I lived in a group house, which made for a very good social and dating life.

Now, what I do get upset at - and I am a FED - is one SES colleagues of mine bitch about not being able to get by in Washington on $150K plus in earshot of that GS-11 single mom.  They are so so spoiled.  [/quote]

I'm the one who said she's earning 50K. What in the world made you think I was single, or talking about being single? I'm married with 2 kids and in my 30s.

You jumped to the conclusion that I was single, because it your head, 50K is what you make when you're just out of college and you can live in a group house, but by the time you're a real adult with kids etc. you're making 100K. It's so obvious! Someone who posts about making 50K must [i]surely[/i] be young and single!

But not everyone lives on that track where 100K+ is a given, even here in the DC area, and that was my point. Some real grownups with families still only make 50K. Or 60K or 80K or, yeah, 34K.

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