@AvirahDeArah I am close with more than one person who knew Rav Breuer ZT”L personally and they all said that his interpretation of Rav Hirsch’s “Torah Im Derech Eretz” was that the Derech Eretz has purpose, not just to make a parnoso. Do you think Rav Breuer got a doctorate so that he can make more money? And on that I agree and you should too. Banning children from learning anything other than Gemara and Halacha is against Yiddishkeit and would lead to our communities being lost in this world. Again, the communities that follow these tracks only survive because rely very heavily on people who don’t.
@lakewhut That isn’t true at all. Income is income. A nursing home manager in New Square isn’t Elon Musk with billions tied up in stocks and securities.
@ujm I was going according to the census of Palm Tree, which is 100% Satmar. Orange County as a whole has a much higher median wage. Also, your analysis is soiser itself. An household income of 30k is half the median household income. If you’re saying it’s because only one of the spouses has an income, then that’s the reason. It still puts them far below the poverty line and entirely reliant on socialist government policies and tzedaka.