If you're married filing jointly, you're enjoying a 100k income and paying 27% on it, while a single person with that income pays 30%. The same rate that married people only making 48k or single people making 68k are paying...
So it's still a lot, especially if you manage it right.
If you rake that in for 15-25 years, only have two kids, manage your money/invest wisely - you stand a VERY good chance of retiring a millionaire, or at least close to it.
So I don't feel "sorry" for people in that income bracket