Do you really know what you are talking about?

First of all, middle class is 25 - 75%.  I would think 200,000 income is above top 25%.  So that is not a typical middle class family.  In US, the median family income is about 50K a year. 

Secondly, If you make 200,000 a year, shouldn't you have some savings before your kids is 18 years old? 

The top tax rate is about 36% and it is progressive.  Which means only certain portion of the 200,000 is subjected to that 36%. 

It is clearly you choice if you want to buy a million dollor house and send your kid to public schools.  You could very well live in a smaller house and pay those 60K a year tuition. 

Also, once your kids finish their schooing, you will have many years of high incomes to enjoy life.

Bottom line.  If we ask 100 rich families: would you quit one of the two jobs so your kids could get full FA.  My guess is that ZERO will do that.  There is your answer. 

 

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• 或或，这个下胡不辽我。咱觉得2%的US富人，掌握了US大多的财富 -月半婆婆- ♀ (103 bytes) () 12/27/2010 postreply 20:26:45

• your data is too old! It also depends on where do you live -`新疆帅哥- ♀ (72 bytes) () 12/28/2010 postreply 09:26:24

• Also, do you know what is the #1 factor for high SAT? -Big_Benz- ♂ (412 bytes) () 12/27/2010 postreply 20:09:15

• This is a typical misuse of regression result. -PaulBunyan- ♂ (200 bytes) () 12/27/2010 postreply 20:22:49

• we are talking about the family income and the student's SAT sco -Big_Benz- ♂ (198 bytes) () 12/27/2010 postreply 20:32:54

• Commonly, it's paired as "cause and EFFECT". -svb- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2010 postreply 22:56:03

• 回复：Do you really know what you are talking about? -songxu- ♀ (73 bytes) () 12/29/2010 postreply 21:24:34