usmbguest5318
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- Live the lifestyle commensurate with their incomes. Why have you concluded this is the case?
- Live the lifestyle they think they deserve. Why have you concluded this is the case?
Since none of us is entitled to our own facts, for your convenience, I've presented the following information and linked-to information:
- In 1977, the median household (not individual) income was between ~$9,800 and ~$12.5K.
- In 2017, $9,800 of 1977-dollar purchasing power corresponds to ~$39.5K and $12.5K to $50.4K.
- In 2016, the median household income was ~$56.5K.
- In 2016, U.S. per capita income was ~$49.5K
- Americans' Average and Median Income by Age Range (2016)
- U.S. college enrollment statistics for public and private colleges from 1965 to 2014 and projections up to 2025 (in millions)
- Tuition and Fees and Room and Board over Time, 1976-77 to 2016-17 (Five-year Intervals)
- Other wage and price information for 1977
- Other wage and price information for 2010-Present
- (Same site as the one above. The link provided is just for a different decade.)