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		gaius on April 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Yahoo spends $58 million to fire its chief operati... Dollar figures are useless for this; got to factor in cost of living too.

bronbron on April 20, 2014 [–]

Sure, I'm not discounting that. I live in NYC, and the cost of living is certainly an adjustment to your wealth. That said, I think it would still be disingenuous to consider anyone making $120K a year middle class.

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