The US estimated median income for 4 person families was only ~$70K in 2009. US Median Income by State in 2009 (FY) Every state is different of course but in Michigan a four person family pulling in 88K would be lower middle class to middle class. They wouldn't have a lot of amenities or room for emergencies but poor? Nope.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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