[GalaxyIFE]

Originally Posted by jtrain609

$65,000 a year is chump change in this country. My Dad made that as a psychologist working for the state of Michigan living in a rural town, and as far as I'm concerned was completely ripped off.

Heck at $65,000 a year I couldn't buy a condo in Park City, where my fiance's job is.

This is America, we should demand better than this crap that we're fed. We're told that it's acceptable and we say, "Huh, well somebody said it's good enough so it must be." We're turning into a country of pansies if we think that $65,000 a year is acceptable compensation for a job that puts hundreds of people's of lives in your hands every day.

Well, I make around 65K a year, and with that “chump change” I have a 2500 square foot house, an ’06 model year truck that is paid for, a substantial amount in savings and hell even a 50” plasma TV. I tend to think that I am LIVING the American dream. I think it is all about living within your means. If you can’t live comfortably for 65K a year then perhaps you need to sit down with a financial counselor; but to each their own. For me, 65K is a fair wage and I too am responsible for hundreds of lives, but so are city bus drivers. And man, I wouldn’t pay 200K for a condo ANYWHERE…that is just wrong.