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		notyourwork on July 19, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in... $40k a year and he is poor? umm... Sure he would benefit from tax cuts but $40k/year is not poor. According to wikipedia poverty line sits around $22k in the states.

dasil003 on July 19, 2011 [–]

If he lives in silicon valley and has a family he's fucking poor.

notyourwork on July 29, 2011 | [–]

No one said anything about geographic location. I am speaking strictly on average across the states.

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