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Originally Posted by Equivalence

Who is "we"?

Anyway, median wages are only a general indicator of what someone brings home after taxes. They don't take in to account things that the government pays for.

Take Canada, for instance. The median household income is $44,000, which is roughly $6,000 less than what the median household income in the United States. However, Canadians generally do not have to worry about medical costs, something the average American does have to worry about.

That difference in medical costs can easily take large portions of the $50,000 that the average American household has, while the $44,000 that the Canadian has will generally be left alone in a medical crisis.

We refers to Americans.