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Pete Buttigieg Considers My Family Rich. Is He Serious?

Pete Buttigieg Considers My Family Rich. Is He Serious?

For a family of four in a metropolitan area, 100k means we're three missed paychecks away from disaster.

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Dec 03, 2019
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by Justin Rosario

There are days I look at the conversation about wealth in America and I wonder if the people talking about it have ever actually met anyone outside of their income bracket. Take, for example, Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg. He considers families making $100,000 or more to no longer be middle class. By this definition, they would be…

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