Averages Are Subjective, Ya Know

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Just heard an announcer on CBS News Radio say, "The average annual salary in the US is $50,000 for most Americans."

For certain Americans, however, the average is apparently something else.

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  1. Pedro6:24 AM

    Journalists are great. I especially like the way they treat "acceleration" and "increase" as if they were synonyms.

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  2. Anonymous5:12 PM

    I say the average is $61,000, but yesterday I was more of the opinion that the average is $35,000. Then again, maybe I am not "most Americans", their number is way off. What say you?

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  3. Anonymous5:19 PM

    "Most Americans" are obviously $2000 too high on their average. Haha!

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