Reply #53: I think that the 50K definition of the "working poor" is contextual [View All]

[salin]

Most of my working life I have made much less than that - and now I am about at that level - as a single person, still trying to live on the budget rules that I used on my lower wages - lets me save at a fairly decent rate, and I certainly would not compare myself to some of the families that I work with as "the working poor." I think it depends on how many people are supported on that amount - and where one is living (per the local cost of living.)