<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Tom, that's true for <STRONG>family (two income earners usually, one full one part time)</STRONG>, not household. People living alone are not families. There are a lot of singles in Latah. $40,000 a year is only about $20,000 an earner, or about 25K for him and 15K for her. If a single income earner makes a $60,000 a year salary, they are doing much better than the average Joe or Judy of 15K-30K per year. </DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 2/6/11, Tom Hansen <I><thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A 5% percent pay cut<BR>To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com>, "Darrell Keim" <keim153@gmail.com>, vision2020@moscow.com, "Kai Eiselein" <fotopro63@hotmail.com><BR>Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 11:20 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>The average annual income, per family, in Latah County in 2009 was<BR>$38,817, NOT "below $26,000".<BR><BR>Go to . . .<BR><BR><A href="http://www.census.gov//did/www/saipe/county.html" target=_blank>http://www.census.gov//did/www/saipe/county.html</A><BR><BR>Select "Idaho" from the combo box to the right of "State:"<BR><BR>Click "Continue".<BR><BR>Select "Latah County" from the listbox under "Select areas to display:"<BR><BR>Place a checkmark in the checkbox that corresponds to "Median household<BR>income"<BR><BR>Click "Display Data"<BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR><BR>In 2003, forty-one percent of those citizens in Latah County, 25 years of<BR>age and older, have completed college.<BR><BR>Go to . . .<BR><BR><A href="http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/education/EducListPct4.asp?st=ID&longname=Idaho"
target=_blank>http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/education/EducListPct4.asp?st=ID&longname=Idaho</A><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Ya got it now?<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Spokane, Washington<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>On Sun, February 6, 2011 11:02 am, Donovan Arnold wrote:<BR>> Darrell,<BR>> <BR>> My point wasn't what he should make, or what he makes, just that he<BR>> makes far more than the average Joe. A fact regardless of your opinion of<BR>> it.<BR>> <BR>> Donovan Arnold<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>