lantern2814
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Real income for the middle class increased under Trump. Since you lie and don’t pay attention to reality, Xiden’s record inflation has a lot to do with how much money needs to be spent on necessary goods. CNBC, the Atlantic, NY Slimes? Find real sources not opinion pieces from the I Hate Trump crowd.The wealth of the middle class is declining - biggly. A successful first world economy is dependent on a thriving and healthy middle class. The American middle class was built by unions. Reagan's destruction of the unions was just the first step in Republican dismantling of the New Deal, that had made the US economy the most powerful and richest in the world.
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Why the middle class is shrinking
Fewer millennials in 2019 are middle class compared to baby boomers when they were in their 20s.www.marketwatch.com
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The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest (Published 2014)
After three decades of slow growth, middle-class incomes in the U.S. appear to trail those of Canada. Poor Americans now make less than the poor in several other countries.www.nytimes.com
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Michael Farr: The problem with the U.S. economy is there are too many poor people
It's easy to hate the rich for all that they have and all that you don't, but the rich aren't the problem.www.cnbc.com
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We Killed the Middle Class. Here’s How We Can Revive It.
By helping one another reach our full potential, we’ll help the whole country get its swagger back.www.theatlantic.com
Congratulations. Republican policies have returned the US tax code to the Guilded Age. Wages as a percentage of costs are now the lowest they've been since the day of the Robber Barons.
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For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades
Adjusted for inflation, today's average hourly wage has about as much purchasing power as it did in 1978. Most wage increases have gone to the highest earners.www.pewresearch.org
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The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure
A report shows that a $50 trillion redistribution of income to benefit the richest has made America less healthy, resilient, and securetime.com