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Jim Saxton: I said the families that make $75,000 a year, perhaps the one spouse makes $40,000 and the other spouse makes $35,000 a…

On the recordApril 4, 1995
I said the families that make $75,000 a year, perhaps the one spouse makes $40,000 and the other spouse makes $35,000 a year, that to most people today would be considered to be a middle-class family.
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Jim Saxton

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Discussing the definition of middle-class families.

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