[SargeK]

The median family income is a little under $50,000. (It's gone down about 9% since Obeyme took office).

There are three kinds of ‘average’, Mean (arithmetical average), Median (midpoint of the distribution of the population) and Mode (most frequently occurring value).

$50,000 by any reasonable reading would seem to me a halfway mark, the middle, half above, half below.

[NicoleGTalum]

So you are saying he is basing that stat on the total number of taxpayers?

[douginthearmy]

I have no idea where Rush got this data, but it might be taxable income. Most people making $50k don’t make anywhere near 50k taxable. You have off the top deduction, then kids, then perhaps mortgage etc.