Bret Stephens is never more hilarious and misleading than when he discusses taxes and the life of the rich. In this column, he'd have you believe that a couple making $400,000 in the US is typical. It's one of the easiest Google searches imaginable: median (meaning smack dab in the middle of everybody in the country) income in the US was $31,133 in 2019, the year that pops up first in a Google search. Double that if you want to get about $62,000 for a couple. But Bret wants you to worry about the stress for a couple making $400,000 a year.

Bret Stephens is never more hilarious and misleading than when he discusses taxes and the life of the rich. In this column, he'd have you believe that a couple making $400,000 in the US is typical. It's one of the easiest Google searches imaginable: median (meaning smack dab in the middle of everybody in the country) income in the US was $31,133 in 2019, the year that pops up first in a Google search. Double that if you want to get about $62,000 for a couple. But Bret wants you to worry about the stress for a couple making $400,000 a year.

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