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Originally Posted by Schneed10
Not to mention that a portion of the couples who make $250K or more are made up of one bread-winner and one stay-at-home parent. Surgeons, high-level lawyers in the firms you mentioned, executives, brokers, real estate agents, and salesmen are some that come to mind. In which case there are no childcare costs.
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That's incorrect. Everyone pays for preschool.
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Originally Posted by Schneed10
You can come up with a scenario where someone would struggle on almost any income, but that doesn't mean it's worth discussing from a policy perspective. If we're setting a cutoff for a higher tax rate, we should be talking about whether MOST people would be comfortable. From a policy standpoint, we can't try to account for every worst case scenario.
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That, we agree on. The difference of opinion is that I believe the demographic I describe makes up a larger portion of the population than I think you would admit. I can't find any numbers on it, but send them on if you have them.