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9:54 AM, Jul 7, 2009 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

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Via Andrew Sullivan, blogger Freddie DeBoer is outraged at claims that some attacks on Sarah Palin were motivated by classism:

Sarah Palin's family makes better than five times the national median household income. Five times! The Palins own a huge mansion, four other properties, two boats and a plane! I will never be as rich as the Palins, in all likelihood.

In 2006, the Palins reported taxable income of $127,869 -- 3.8 times the poverty line for a family of six in Alaska. For single person living in the lower 48 states, 3.8 times the poverty line was $37,400 that year. Does DeBoer really believe that someone who makes $38,000 is rich?

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