Reply #49: About 35k last year [View All]

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Down from over 100k in 2004. But the biggest part of the drop was voluntary. Quit job, started our own company, sold the upscale house and used profit to by a smaller, less impressive home - for cash.

The business has not done as well as we hoped, but we get by because we have zero debt and own our house. Biggest problem has been health insurance. We were able to get it through our company, but the premiums were rising something like 15% a year despite raising our deductables. Last year, my wife got a job that does not pay well, but included health coverage for much less than we could get.

We're voting for Edwards.