Why is America so screwed up?

[thereisnospoon]

A good work ethic will only get one so far. Times have changed.

And a bad work ethic will get you nowhere.

Blame the victims much? How bout jobs worth working at? Give them $15/hr and they'll be there.

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

Blah blah blah......Liberal talking points.

 

[9aces]

A good work ethic will only get one so far. Times have changed.

And a bad work ethic will get you nowhere.

Blame the victims much? How bout jobs worth working at? Give them $15/hr and they'll be there.

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

No, a lot of jobs are pure crap after 30 years of Voodoo. 1969's min wage would be $11 today. People can't live on many jobs, and the nonrich have no money to spend. See #3 and #4:
The Demise of the American Middle Class In Numbers.

Over the past 30 years the American dream has gradually disappeared. The process was slow, so most people didn’t notice. They just worked a few more hours, borrowed a little more and cut back on non-essentials. But looking at the numbers and comparing them over long time periods, it is obvious that things have changed drastically. Here are the details:

1. WORKERS PRODUCE MORE BUT THE GAINS GO TO BUSINESS.

Over the past 63 years worker productivity has grown by 2.0% per year.

But after 1980, workers received a smaller share every year. Labor’s share of income (1992 = 100%):

1950 = 101%
1960 = 105%
1970 = 105%
1980 = 105% – Reagan
1990 = 100%
2000 = 96%
2007 = 92%

A 13% drop since 1980

2. THE TOP 10% GET A LARGER SHARE.

Share of National Income going to Top 10%:

1950 = 35%
1960 = 34%
1970 = 34%
1980 = 34% – Reagan
1990 = 40%
2000 = 47%
2007 = 50%

An increase of 16% since Reagan.

3. WORKERS COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS OF INCOME BY SPENDING THEIR SAVINGS.

The savings Rose up to Reagan and fell during and after.

1950 = 6.0%
1960 = 7.0%
1970 = 8.5%
1980 = 10.0% – Reagan
1982 = 11.2% – Peak
1990 = 7.0%
2000 = 2.0%
2006 = -1.1% (Negative = withdrawing from savings)

A 12.3% drop after Reagan.

4. WORKERS ALSO BORROWED TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.

Household Debt as percentage of GDP:

1965 = 46%
1970 = 45%
1980 = 50% – Reagan
1990 = 61%
2000 = 69%
2007 = 95%

A 45% increase after 1980.

5. SO THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICHEST AND THE POOREST HAS GROWN.

Gap Between the Share of Capital Income earned by the top 1%
and the bottom 80%:

1980 = 10%
2003 = 56%

A 5.6 times increase.

6. AND THE AMERICAN DREAM IS GONE.

The Probably of Moving Up from the Bottom 40% to the Top 40%:

1945 = 12%
1958 = 6%
1990 = 3%
2000 = 2%

A 10% Decrease.

Links:

1 = ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/pf/totalf1.txt
1 = https://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/PolicyDis/No7Nov04.pdf
1 = Clipboard01.jpg (image)
2 – Congratulations to Emmanuel Saez
3 = http://www.demos.org/inequality/images/charts/uspersonalsaving_thumb.gif
3 = U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
4 = Federated Prudent Bear Fund (A): Overview
4 = FRB: Z.1 Release--Financial Accounts of the United States--December 10, 2015
5/6 = 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America

Overview = http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010062415/reagan-revolution-home-roost-charts

That's hilarious. I'm not rich, and I'm building another house, which will be my last where I'll retire to. Then I'll sell the rest of them.

How did I manage that? Because I worked for it, and I didn't wait for someone to give me anything.

I had one employee that started on the bottom of the totem pole. She listened, she learned, she busted tail. She's gotten promoted 4 times in 3 years. She bought a house recently, and is off to a good life. I see her once in a while, and I always remember seeing her in the training class. She was different, and she never let anyone else tell her she was a failure because she was starting at the bottom.

There was a lady who worked at McDonalds about 20 years ago. She was working the window, and I'd see her every day as I came through picking up breakfast on the way to work. Today she owns a McDonalds franchise.

For every success there's a 100 failures. But almost all of those who fail do so because they're waiting for someone to give them something for nothing. The government might do that, but the private sector has little patience for it.

The American dream is alive and well, for anyone who won't have morons like you tell them they shouldn't dream it, or try to achieve it. Just takes brains and work. 2 things you're unfamiliar with apparently.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Corruption.

We let them get away with it.
Our US House member is right on the edge of some pretty shady stuff. Real estate conflicts of interest. I am not voting for him if he runs again. I want him OUT.

 

[thereisnospoon]

The rubes in this thread are right. All the technology and advancements brought about by liberals have made us fat and weak. We need to elect a republican to punish us like Dubya did.

Oh please stop being ridiculous. Do you really speak that way in public?

 

[2aguy]

Democrats.

 

[francoHFW]

A good work ethic will only get one so far. Times have changed.

And a bad work ethic will get you nowhere.

Blame the victims much? How bout jobs worth working at? Give them $15/hr and they'll be there.

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

Blah blah blah......Liberal talking points.

Also known as proven facts, chump of the greedy idio

A good work ethic will only get one so far. Times have changed.

And a bad work ethic will get you nowhere.

Blame the victims much? How bout jobs worth working at? Give them $15/hr and they'll be there.

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

No, a lot of jobs are pure crap after 30 years of Voodoo. 1969's min wage would be $11 today. People can't live on many jobs, and the nonrich have no money to spend. See #3 and #4:
The Demise of the American Middle Class In Numbers.

Over the past 30 years the American dream has gradually disappeared. The process was slow, so most people didn’t notice. They just worked a few more hours, borrowed a little more and cut back on non-essentials. But looking at the numbers and comparing them over long time periods, it is obvious that things have changed drastically. Here are the details:

1. WORKERS PRODUCE MORE BUT THE GAINS GO TO BUSINESS.

Over the past 63 years worker productivity has grown by 2.0% per year.

But after 1980, workers received a smaller share every year. Labor’s share of income (1992 = 100%):

1950 = 101%
1960 = 105%
1970 = 105%
1980 = 105% – Reagan
1990 = 100%
2000 = 96%
2007 = 92%

A 13% drop since 1980

2. THE TOP 10% GET A LARGER SHARE.

Share of National Income going to Top 10%:

1950 = 35%
1960 = 34%
1970 = 34%
1980 = 34% – Reagan
1990 = 40%
2000 = 47%
2007 = 50%

An increase of 16% since Reagan.

3. WORKERS COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS OF INCOME BY SPENDING THEIR SAVINGS.

The savings Rose up to Reagan and fell during and after.

1950 = 6.0%
1960 = 7.0%
1970 = 8.5%
1980 = 10.0% – Reagan
1982 = 11.2% – Peak
1990 = 7.0%
2000 = 2.0%
2006 = -1.1% (Negative = withdrawing from savings)

A 12.3% drop after Reagan.

4. WORKERS ALSO BORROWED TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.

Household Debt as percentage of GDP:

1965 = 46%
1970 = 45%
1980 = 50% – Reagan
1990 = 61%
2000 = 69%
2007 = 95%

A 45% increase after 1980.

5. SO THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICHEST AND THE POOREST HAS GROWN.

Gap Between the Share of Capital Income earned by the top 1%
and the bottom 80%:

1980 = 10%
2003 = 56%

A 5.6 times increase.

6. AND THE AMERICAN DREAM IS GONE.

The Probably of Moving Up from the Bottom 40% to the Top 40%:

1945 = 12%
1958 = 6%
1990 = 3%
2000 = 2%

A 10% Decrease.

Links:

1 = ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/pf/totalf1.txt
1 = https://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/PolicyDis/No7Nov04.pdf
1 = Clipboard01.jpg (image)
2 – Congratulations to Emmanuel Saez
3 = http://www.demos.org/inequality/images/charts/uspersonalsaving_thumb.gif
3 = U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
4 = Federated Prudent Bear Fund (A): Overview
4 = FRB: Z.1 Release--Financial Accounts of the United States--December 10, 2015
5/6 = 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America

Overview = http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010062415/reagan-revolution-home-roost-charts

That's hilarious. I'm not rich, and I'm building another house, which will be my last where I'll retire to. Then I'll sell the rest of them.

How did I manage that? Because I worked for it, and I didn't wait for someone to give me anything.

I had one employee that started on the bottom of the totem pole. She listened, she learned, she busted tail. She's gotten promoted 4 times in 3 years. She bought a house recently, and is off to a good life. I see her once in a while, and I always remember seeing her in the training class. She was different, and she never let anyone else tell her she was a failure because she was starting at the bottom.

There was a lady who worked at McDonalds about 20 years ago. She was working the window, and I'd see her every day as I came through picking up breakfast on the way to work. Today she owns a McDonalds franchise.

For every success there's a 100 failures. But almost all of those who fail do so because they're waiting for someone to give them something for nothing. The government might do that, but the private sector has little patience for it.

The American dream is alive and well, for anyone who won't have morons like you tell them they shouldn't dream it, or try to achieve it. Just takes brains and work. 2 things you're unfamiliar with apparently.

Well that proves all those stats that prove the ruin of the class wrong then, dupe.
After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

 

[thereisnospoon]

The rubes in this thread are right. All the technology and advancements brought about by liberals have made us fat and weak. We need to elect a republican to punish us like Dubya did.

Technology doesn't make people fat and weak, liberal social programs do. If you elect a Republican, they just may make you get off of your fat ass, off of your Obama Phone, off of SANP's card and make you work for a living. Then you won't be so fat and weak.

States with the Highest Obesity Rates: The State of Obesity

Damn that's a lot of lock-step republican states in the top 10 most obese states in the union

Yeah fortunately those people don't vote. Or there isn't enough of them to make a difference if they did vote.
Blue states are over run with the entitled. Hence the reason why those states are Blue.
The fact is that most people receiving public assistance are lazy and ill equipped to handle the most basic of responsibilities. Instead of buying food items which require preparation, they purchase convenience foods which are less nutritious and more costly. They fill up on empty calories. They eat more fatty foods. Have poor personal hygiene, use tobacco at a much higher rate than the nation and are prone to abuse alcohol and drugs. Lastly, these people are inept at handling their finances. If these people were handed a large sum of money and free financial advice, they would be flat broke in a year and have nothing to show for it.
Even if they suddenly fell into a higher paying job they would STILL find ways to blow through the money and go right back to being perpetually broke.

 

[thereisnospoon]

And a bad work ethic will get you nowhere.

Blame the victims much? How bout jobs worth working at? Give them $15/hr and they'll be there.

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

Blah blah blah......Liberal talking points.

Also known as proven facts, chump of the greedy idio

And a bad work ethic will get you nowhere.

Blame the victims much? How bout jobs worth working at? Give them $15/hr and they'll be there.

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

No, a lot of jobs are pure crap after 30 years of Voodoo. 1969's min wage would be $11 today. People can't live on many jobs, and the nonrich have no money to spend. See #3 and #4:
The Demise of the American Middle Class In Numbers.

Over the past 30 years the American dream has gradually disappeared. The process was slow, so most people didn’t notice. They just worked a few more hours, borrowed a little more and cut back on non-essentials. But looking at the numbers and comparing them over long time periods, it is obvious that things have changed drastically. Here are the details:

1. WORKERS PRODUCE MORE BUT THE GAINS GO TO BUSINESS.

Over the past 63 years worker productivity has grown by 2.0% per year.

But after 1980, workers received a smaller share every year. Labor’s share of income (1992 = 100%):

1950 = 101%
1960 = 105%
1970 = 105%
1980 = 105% – Reagan
1990 = 100%
2000 = 96%
2007 = 92%

A 13% drop since 1980

2. THE TOP 10% GET A LARGER SHARE.

Share of National Income going to Top 10%:

1950 = 35%
1960 = 34%
1970 = 34%
1980 = 34% – Reagan
1990 = 40%
2000 = 47%
2007 = 50%

An increase of 16% since Reagan.

3. WORKERS COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS OF INCOME BY SPENDING THEIR SAVINGS.

The savings Rose up to Reagan and fell during and after.

1950 = 6.0%
1960 = 7.0%
1970 = 8.5%
1980 = 10.0% – Reagan
1982 = 11.2% – Peak
1990 = 7.0%
2000 = 2.0%
2006 = -1.1% (Negative = withdrawing from savings)

A 12.3% drop after Reagan.

4. WORKERS ALSO BORROWED TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.

Household Debt as percentage of GDP:

1965 = 46%
1970 = 45%
1980 = 50% – Reagan
1990 = 61%
2000 = 69%
2007 = 95%

A 45% increase after 1980.

5. SO THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICHEST AND THE POOREST HAS GROWN.

Gap Between the Share of Capital Income earned by the top 1%
and the bottom 80%:

1980 = 10%
2003 = 56%

A 5.6 times increase.

6. AND THE AMERICAN DREAM IS GONE.

The Probably of Moving Up from the Bottom 40% to the Top 40%:

1945 = 12%
1958 = 6%
1990 = 3%
2000 = 2%

A 10% Decrease.

Links:

1 = ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/pf/totalf1.txt
1 = https://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/PolicyDis/No7Nov04.pdf
1 = Clipboard01.jpg (image)
2 – Congratulations to Emmanuel Saez
3 = http://www.demos.org/inequality/images/charts/uspersonalsaving_thumb.gif
3 = U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
4 = Federated Prudent Bear Fund (A): Overview
4 = FRB: Z.1 Release--Financial Accounts of the United States--December 10, 2015
5/6 = 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America

Overview = http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010062415/reagan-revolution-home-roost-charts

That's hilarious. I'm not rich, and I'm building another house, which will be my last where I'll retire to. Then I'll sell the rest of them.

How did I manage that? Because I worked for it, and I didn't wait for someone to give me anything.

I had one employee that started on the bottom of the totem pole. She listened, she learned, she busted tail. She's gotten promoted 4 times in 3 years. She bought a house recently, and is off to a good life. I see her once in a while, and I always remember seeing her in the training class. She was different, and she never let anyone else tell her she was a failure because she was starting at the bottom.

There was a lady who worked at McDonalds about 20 years ago. She was working the window, and I'd see her every day as I came through picking up breakfast on the way to work. Today she owns a McDonalds franchise.

For every success there's a 100 failures. But almost all of those who fail do so because they're waiting for someone to give them something for nothing. The government might do that, but the private sector has little patience for it.

The American dream is alive and well, for anyone who won't have morons like you tell them they shouldn't dream it, or try to achieve it. Just takes brains and work. 2 things you're unfamiliar with apparently.

Well that proves all those stats that prove the ruin of the class wrong then, dupe.
After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

Yeah...The facts according to the liberal point of view.
When anyone mentions to you the term "personal responsibility" you fly off the handle with anger and vitriol.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Half of all American school children are living in poverty.

50 million are on food stamps.

Half of us do not vote.

More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.

We are trillions of dollars in debt.

We are more divided than ever.

Politics has turned into one big reality show.

The Washington elites don't give a damn.

When will this madness end? Is America the 21st Century equivalent of Rome? How did we get to this point?

Socialism

Congrats. You now make up 4/4 rube republicans with a one word answer to the OP's question in this thread. I predict many more.

Hey genius. There are several one word answers. You don't like them.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Half of all American school children are living in poverty.

50 million are on food stamps.

Half of us do not vote.

More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.

We are trillions of dollars in debt.

We are more divided than ever.

Politics has turned into one big reality show.

The Washington elites don't give a damn.

When will this madness end? Is America the 21st Century equivalent of Rome? How did we get to this point?

The far left gained political power in the US, once you get the far left out of power, then we as a nation can start to grow again..

Another one! Though I guess "far left" is 2 words

Shut the fuck up. You worthless drive by poster.

 

[Desperado]

Bull. Do you really believe workers need to put their hearts into their jobs? Good god boy, wake up. Workers know nobody is going to write "lived work" on their tombstone. Work is a means to a paycheck. No note no less. Yes those that own the company feel different but those that do the labor? That's backwards logic.

So if you have two employees let's say, and one works just to earn a paycheck, but the other works to make the company more profitable, which one do you think will see a raise? Which one do you think would get a promotion if it comes up?

Depend if this is a union shop or not.
Union they both get the same pay raise
Promotion depends on seniority

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Bull. Do you really believe workers need to put their hearts into their jobs? Good god boy, wake up. Workers know nobody is going to write "lived work" on their tombstone. Work is a means to a paycheck. No note no less. Yes those that own the company feel different but those that do the labor? That's backwards logic.

So if you have two employees let's say, and one works just to earn a paycheck, but the other works to make the company more profitable, which one do you think will see a raise? Which one do you think would get a promotion if it comes up?

Depend if this is a union shop or not.
Union they both get the same pay raise
Promotion depends on seniority

Agreed which is why unions have eventually failed America.

I could make a delivery or pickup at a company I've never been to before or know anything about, and within five minutes, I would be able to tell you if it was a union shop or not based on the work ethics and attitudes of the employees.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Free trade, offshoring, death of unions and anti-trust laws not being enforced.

Republicans have screwed this nation and they're scum of the earth.

I agree on free trade. Those treaties were liberal pipe dreams. The idea that by taking wealth and handing it to a poor country would somehow lift that nation out of poverty is another example of failed liberal social engineering. All it does is have an adverse affect on the more wealthy nation.
Offshoring? Of what? Low skill back office and call center jobs? The developing countries manufacturing bases would be where they are regardless of anything done here.
Did you really think technology and investment was going to stay locked up in the US forever?....We still make plenty of stuff here. We just do so with a lot less people doing the work.
I have a question about unions and your perception of these collectives.
Without looking it up, within oh 5 percentage points at what percentage do you believe union membership peaked? And in which decade did the peak occur?
Keep in mind, i already know the answer.
Lastly. What do unions have to do with anything?
Just answer the questions. And no google. Anyone who feels as strongly about unions and unionism should know everything there is to know about the history of them
Oh, which anti trust laws are those? The ones you feel are being violated. Name the companies in violation. Then give a brief description of a "trust" as it relates to business.
Again, no looking it up. With your comments, you have implied a certain amount of expertise in this area.

 

[francoHFW]

Blame the victims much? How bout jobs worth working at? Give them $15/hr and they'll be there.

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

Blah blah blah......Liberal talking points.

Also known as proven facts, chump of the greedy idio

Blame the victims much? How bout jobs worth working at? Give them $15/hr and they'll be there.

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

No, a lot of jobs are pure crap after 30 years of Voodoo. 1969's min wage would be $11 today. People can't live on many jobs, and the nonrich have no money to spend. See #3 and #4:
The Demise of the American Middle Class In Numbers.

Over the past 30 years the American dream has gradually disappeared. The process was slow, so most people didn’t notice. They just worked a few more hours, borrowed a little more and cut back on non-essentials. But looking at the numbers and comparing them over long time periods, it is obvious that things have changed drastically. Here are the details:

1. WORKERS PRODUCE MORE BUT THE GAINS GO TO BUSINESS.

Over the past 63 years worker productivity has grown by 2.0% per year.

But after 1980, workers received a smaller share every year. Labor’s share of income (1992 = 100%):

1950 = 101%
1960 = 105%
1970 = 105%
1980 = 105% – Reagan
1990 = 100%
2000 = 96%
2007 = 92%

A 13% drop since 1980

2. THE TOP 10% GET A LARGER SHARE.

Share of National Income going to Top 10%:

1950 = 35%
1960 = 34%
1970 = 34%
1980 = 34% – Reagan
1990 = 40%
2000 = 47%
2007 = 50%

An increase of 16% since Reagan.

3. WORKERS COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS OF INCOME BY SPENDING THEIR SAVINGS.

The savings Rose up to Reagan and fell during and after.

1950 = 6.0%
1960 = 7.0%
1970 = 8.5%
1980 = 10.0% – Reagan
1982 = 11.2% – Peak
1990 = 7.0%
2000 = 2.0%
2006 = -1.1% (Negative = withdrawing from savings)

A 12.3% drop after Reagan.

4. WORKERS ALSO BORROWED TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.

Household Debt as percentage of GDP:

1965 = 46%
1970 = 45%
1980 = 50% – Reagan
1990 = 61%
2000 = 69%
2007 = 95%

A 45% increase after 1980.

5. SO THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICHEST AND THE POOREST HAS GROWN.

Gap Between the Share of Capital Income earned by the top 1%
and the bottom 80%:

1980 = 10%
2003 = 56%

A 5.6 times increase.

6. AND THE AMERICAN DREAM IS GONE.

The Probably of Moving Up from the Bottom 40% to the Top 40%:

1945 = 12%
1958 = 6%
1990 = 3%
2000 = 2%

A 10% Decrease.

Links:

1 = ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/pf/totalf1.txt
1 = https://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/PolicyDis/No7Nov04.pdf
1 = Clipboard01.jpg (image)
2 – Congratulations to Emmanuel Saez
3 = http://www.demos.org/inequality/images/charts/uspersonalsaving_thumb.gif
3 = U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
4 = Federated Prudent Bear Fund (A): Overview
4 = FRB: Z.1 Release--Financial Accounts of the United States--December 10, 2015
5/6 = 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America

Overview = http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010062415/reagan-revolution-home-roost-charts

That's hilarious. I'm not rich, and I'm building another house, which will be my last where I'll retire to. Then I'll sell the rest of them.

How did I manage that? Because I worked for it, and I didn't wait for someone to give me anything.

I had one employee that started on the bottom of the totem pole. She listened, she learned, she busted tail. She's gotten promoted 4 times in 3 years. She bought a house recently, and is off to a good life. I see her once in a while, and I always remember seeing her in the training class. She was different, and she never let anyone else tell her she was a failure because she was starting at the bottom.

There was a lady who worked at McDonalds about 20 years ago. She was working the window, and I'd see her every day as I came through picking up breakfast on the way to work. Today she owns a McDonalds franchise.

For every success there's a 100 failures. But almost all of those who fail do so because they're waiting for someone to give them something for nothing. The government might do that, but the private sector has little patience for it.

The American dream is alive and well, for anyone who won't have morons like you tell them they shouldn't dream it, or try to achieve it. Just takes brains and work. 2 things you're unfamiliar with apparently.

Well that proves all those stats that prove the ruin of the class wrong then, dupe.
After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

Yeah...The facts according to the liberal point of view.
When anyone mentions to you the term "personal responsibility" you fly off the handle with anger and vitriol.

They're FACTS any way you look at them. Get more tin foil, dupe. So ignorant.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Bull. Do you really believe workers need to put their hearts into their jobs? Good god boy, wake up. Workers know nobody is going to write "lived work" on their tombstone. Work is a means to a paycheck. No note no less. Yes those that own the company feel different but those that do the labor? That's backwards logic.

So if you have two employees let's say, and one works just to earn a paycheck, but the other works to make the company more profitable, which one do you think will see a raise? Which one do you think would get a promotion if it comes up?

Depend if this is a union shop or not.
Union they both get the same pay raise
Promotion depends on seniority

Which is one of the major reasons why employees want nothing to do with unions. Unions breed complacency. The slackers get to ride the coat tails of the productive.

 

[9aces]

Blame the victims much? How bout jobs worth working at? Give them $15/hr and they'll be there.

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

Blah blah blah......Liberal talking points.

Also known as proven facts, chump of the greedy idio

Blame the victims much? How bout jobs worth working at? Give them $15/hr and they'll be there.

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

No, a lot of jobs are pure crap after 30 years of Voodoo. 1969's min wage would be $11 today. People can't live on many jobs, and the nonrich have no money to spend. See #3 and #4:
The Demise of the American Middle Class In Numbers.

Over the past 30 years the American dream has gradually disappeared. The process was slow, so most people didn’t notice. They just worked a few more hours, borrowed a little more and cut back on non-essentials. But looking at the numbers and comparing them over long time periods, it is obvious that things have changed drastically. Here are the details:

1. WORKERS PRODUCE MORE BUT THE GAINS GO TO BUSINESS.

Over the past 63 years worker productivity has grown by 2.0% per year.

But after 1980, workers received a smaller share every year. Labor’s share of income (1992 = 100%):

1950 = 101%
1960 = 105%
1970 = 105%
1980 = 105% – Reagan
1990 = 100%
2000 = 96%
2007 = 92%

A 13% drop since 1980

2. THE TOP 10% GET A LARGER SHARE.

Share of National Income going to Top 10%:

1950 = 35%
1960 = 34%
1970 = 34%
1980 = 34% – Reagan
1990 = 40%
2000 = 47%
2007 = 50%

An increase of 16% since Reagan.

3. WORKERS COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS OF INCOME BY SPENDING THEIR SAVINGS.

The savings Rose up to Reagan and fell during and after.

1950 = 6.0%
1960 = 7.0%
1970 = 8.5%
1980 = 10.0% – Reagan
1982 = 11.2% – Peak
1990 = 7.0%
2000 = 2.0%
2006 = -1.1% (Negative = withdrawing from savings)

A 12.3% drop after Reagan.

4. WORKERS ALSO BORROWED TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.

Household Debt as percentage of GDP:

1965 = 46%
1970 = 45%
1980 = 50% – Reagan
1990 = 61%
2000 = 69%
2007 = 95%

A 45% increase after 1980.

5. SO THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICHEST AND THE POOREST HAS GROWN.

Gap Between the Share of Capital Income earned by the top 1%
and the bottom 80%:

1980 = 10%
2003 = 56%

A 5.6 times increase.

6. AND THE AMERICAN DREAM IS GONE.

The Probably of Moving Up from the Bottom 40% to the Top 40%:

1945 = 12%
1958 = 6%
1990 = 3%
2000 = 2%

A 10% Decrease.

Links:

1 = ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/pf/totalf1.txt
1 = https://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/PolicyDis/No7Nov04.pdf
1 = Clipboard01.jpg (image)
2 – Congratulations to Emmanuel Saez
3 = http://www.demos.org/inequality/images/charts/uspersonalsaving_thumb.gif
3 = U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
4 = Federated Prudent Bear Fund (A): Overview
4 = FRB: Z.1 Release--Financial Accounts of the United States--December 10, 2015
5/6 = 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America

Overview = http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010062415/reagan-revolution-home-roost-charts

That's hilarious. I'm not rich, and I'm building another house, which will be my last where I'll retire to. Then I'll sell the rest of them.

How did I manage that? Because I worked for it, and I didn't wait for someone to give me anything.

I had one employee that started on the bottom of the totem pole. She listened, she learned, she busted tail. She's gotten promoted 4 times in 3 years. She bought a house recently, and is off to a good life. I see her once in a while, and I always remember seeing her in the training class. She was different, and she never let anyone else tell her she was a failure because she was starting at the bottom.

There was a lady who worked at McDonalds about 20 years ago. She was working the window, and I'd see her every day as I came through picking up breakfast on the way to work. Today she owns a McDonalds franchise.

For every success there's a 100 failures. But almost all of those who fail do so because they're waiting for someone to give them something for nothing. The government might do that, but the private sector has little patience for it.

The American dream is alive and well, for anyone who won't have morons like you tell them they shouldn't dream it, or try to achieve it. Just takes brains and work. 2 things you're unfamiliar with apparently.

Well that proves all those stats that prove the ruin of the class wrong then, dupe.
After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

Yeah...The facts according to the liberal point of view.
When anyone mentions to you the term "personal responsibility" you fly off the handle with anger and vitriol.

That's because morons are desperate to justify their failure by blaming it on everything but the thing they should.

The face that stares back at them from the mirror.

 

[thereisnospoon]

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

Blah blah blah......Liberal talking points.

Also known as proven facts, chump of the greedy idio

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

No, a lot of jobs are pure crap after 30 years of Voodoo. 1969's min wage would be $11 today. People can't live on many jobs, and the nonrich have no money to spend. See #3 and #4:
The Demise of the American Middle Class In Numbers.

Over the past 30 years the American dream has gradually disappeared. The process was slow, so most people didn’t notice. They just worked a few more hours, borrowed a little more and cut back on non-essentials. But looking at the numbers and comparing them over long time periods, it is obvious that things have changed drastically. Here are the details:

1. WORKERS PRODUCE MORE BUT THE GAINS GO TO BUSINESS.

Over the past 63 years worker productivity has grown by 2.0% per year.

But after 1980, workers received a smaller share every year. Labor’s share of income (1992 = 100%):

1950 = 101%
1960 = 105%
1970 = 105%
1980 = 105% – Reagan
1990 = 100%
2000 = 96%
2007 = 92%

A 13% drop since 1980

2. THE TOP 10% GET A LARGER SHARE.

Share of National Income going to Top 10%:

1950 = 35%
1960 = 34%
1970 = 34%
1980 = 34% – Reagan
1990 = 40%
2000 = 47%
2007 = 50%

An increase of 16% since Reagan.

3. WORKERS COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS OF INCOME BY SPENDING THEIR SAVINGS.

The savings Rose up to Reagan and fell during and after.

1950 = 6.0%
1960 = 7.0%
1970 = 8.5%
1980 = 10.0% – Reagan
1982 = 11.2% – Peak
1990 = 7.0%
2000 = 2.0%
2006 = -1.1% (Negative = withdrawing from savings)

A 12.3% drop after Reagan.

4. WORKERS ALSO BORROWED TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.

Household Debt as percentage of GDP:

1965 = 46%
1970 = 45%
1980 = 50% – Reagan
1990 = 61%
2000 = 69%
2007 = 95%

A 45% increase after 1980.

5. SO THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICHEST AND THE POOREST HAS GROWN.

Gap Between the Share of Capital Income earned by the top 1%
and the bottom 80%:

1980 = 10%
2003 = 56%

A 5.6 times increase.

6. AND THE AMERICAN DREAM IS GONE.

The Probably of Moving Up from the Bottom 40% to the Top 40%:

1945 = 12%
1958 = 6%
1990 = 3%
2000 = 2%

A 10% Decrease.

Links:

1 = ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/pf/totalf1.txt
1 = https://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/PolicyDis/No7Nov04.pdf
1 = Clipboard01.jpg (image)
2 – Congratulations to Emmanuel Saez
3 = http://www.demos.org/inequality/images/charts/uspersonalsaving_thumb.gif
3 = U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
4 = Federated Prudent Bear Fund (A): Overview
4 = FRB: Z.1 Release--Financial Accounts of the United States--December 10, 2015
5/6 = 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America

Overview = http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010062415/reagan-revolution-home-roost-charts

That's hilarious. I'm not rich, and I'm building another house, which will be my last where I'll retire to. Then I'll sell the rest of them.

How did I manage that? Because I worked for it, and I didn't wait for someone to give me anything.

I had one employee that started on the bottom of the totem pole. She listened, she learned, she busted tail. She's gotten promoted 4 times in 3 years. She bought a house recently, and is off to a good life. I see her once in a while, and I always remember seeing her in the training class. She was different, and she never let anyone else tell her she was a failure because she was starting at the bottom.

There was a lady who worked at McDonalds about 20 years ago. She was working the window, and I'd see her every day as I came through picking up breakfast on the way to work. Today she owns a McDonalds franchise.

For every success there's a 100 failures. But almost all of those who fail do so because they're waiting for someone to give them something for nothing. The government might do that, but the private sector has little patience for it.

The American dream is alive and well, for anyone who won't have morons like you tell them they shouldn't dream it, or try to achieve it. Just takes brains and work. 2 things you're unfamiliar with apparently.

Well that proves all those stats that prove the ruin of the class wrong then, dupe.
After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

Yeah...The facts according to the liberal point of view.
When anyone mentions to you the term "personal responsibility" you fly off the handle with anger and vitriol.

They're FACTS any way you look at them. Get more tin foil, dupe. So ignorant.

No...You posted your opinion.

 

[francoHFW]

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

Blah blah blah......Liberal talking points.

Also known as proven facts, chump of the greedy idio

The only victim is themselves. Every job is worth working at, it's people like you who tell them they're failures, so they shouldn't even try who are the problem.

They fail at work, they fail at home. The two are connected by a common thread. You are the same person wherever you go.

Why did being good at something become so difficult for you? Is it because you've been a failure your entire life and want to justify your failure by the failure of others?

No, a lot of jobs are pure crap after 30 years of Voodoo. 1969's min wage would be $11 today. People can't live on many jobs, and the nonrich have no money to spend. See #3 and #4:
The Demise of the American Middle Class In Numbers.

Over the past 30 years the American dream has gradually disappeared. The process was slow, so most people didn’t notice. They just worked a few more hours, borrowed a little more and cut back on non-essentials. But looking at the numbers and comparing them over long time periods, it is obvious that things have changed drastically. Here are the details:

1. WORKERS PRODUCE MORE BUT THE GAINS GO TO BUSINESS.

Over the past 63 years worker productivity has grown by 2.0% per year.

But after 1980, workers received a smaller share every year. Labor’s share of income (1992 = 100%):

1950 = 101%
1960 = 105%
1970 = 105%
1980 = 105% – Reagan
1990 = 100%
2000 = 96%
2007 = 92%

A 13% drop since 1980

2. THE TOP 10% GET A LARGER SHARE.

Share of National Income going to Top 10%:

1950 = 35%
1960 = 34%
1970 = 34%
1980 = 34% – Reagan
1990 = 40%
2000 = 47%
2007 = 50%

An increase of 16% since Reagan.

3. WORKERS COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS OF INCOME BY SPENDING THEIR SAVINGS.

The savings Rose up to Reagan and fell during and after.

1950 = 6.0%
1960 = 7.0%
1970 = 8.5%
1980 = 10.0% – Reagan
1982 = 11.2% – Peak
1990 = 7.0%
2000 = 2.0%
2006 = -1.1% (Negative = withdrawing from savings)

A 12.3% drop after Reagan.

4. WORKERS ALSO BORROWED TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.

Household Debt as percentage of GDP:

1965 = 46%
1970 = 45%
1980 = 50% – Reagan
1990 = 61%
2000 = 69%
2007 = 95%

A 45% increase after 1980.

5. SO THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICHEST AND THE POOREST HAS GROWN.

Gap Between the Share of Capital Income earned by the top 1%
and the bottom 80%:

1980 = 10%
2003 = 56%

A 5.6 times increase.

6. AND THE AMERICAN DREAM IS GONE.

The Probably of Moving Up from the Bottom 40% to the Top 40%:

1945 = 12%
1958 = 6%
1990 = 3%
2000 = 2%

A 10% Decrease.

Links:

1 = ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/pf/totalf1.txt
1 = https://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/PolicyDis/No7Nov04.pdf
1 = Clipboard01.jpg (image)
2 – Congratulations to Emmanuel Saez
3 = http://www.demos.org/inequality/images/charts/uspersonalsaving_thumb.gif
3 = U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
4 = Federated Prudent Bear Fund (A): Overview
4 = FRB: Z.1 Release--Financial Accounts of the United States--December 10, 2015
5/6 = 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America

Overview = http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010062415/reagan-revolution-home-roost-charts

That's hilarious. I'm not rich, and I'm building another house, which will be my last where I'll retire to. Then I'll sell the rest of them.

How did I manage that? Because I worked for it, and I didn't wait for someone to give me anything.

I had one employee that started on the bottom of the totem pole. She listened, she learned, she busted tail. She's gotten promoted 4 times in 3 years. She bought a house recently, and is off to a good life. I see her once in a while, and I always remember seeing her in the training class. She was different, and she never let anyone else tell her she was a failure because she was starting at the bottom.

There was a lady who worked at McDonalds about 20 years ago. She was working the window, and I'd see her every day as I came through picking up breakfast on the way to work. Today she owns a McDonalds franchise.

For every success there's a 100 failures. But almost all of those who fail do so because they're waiting for someone to give them something for nothing. The government might do that, but the private sector has little patience for it.

The American dream is alive and well, for anyone who won't have morons like you tell them they shouldn't dream it, or try to achieve it. Just takes brains and work. 2 things you're unfamiliar with apparently.

Well that proves all those stats that prove the ruin of the class wrong then, dupe.
After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

Yeah...The facts according to the liberal point of view.
When anyone mentions to you the term "personal responsibility" you fly off the handle with anger and vitriol.

That's because morons are desperate to justify their failure by blaming it on everything but the thing they should.

The face that stares back at them from the mirror.

Dupe "common sense" lol...OF COURSE. BUT THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN, Duh.
After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

 

[thereisnospoon]

Progressives

Most progressives hate free trade and support the unions that built our middle class in the first place. Please learn something.

Dude. Progressives are far left wingers. They are in bed with unions.
And no unions did not build the middle class. The availability of jobs created by business investors, primarily in the manufacturing sector did that.
If anything, a very few people benefitted by unions. As unions grew, businesses relocated to other areas of the country to get away from the the forced union states.
In fact, Congress found it necessary to intervene and passed a law ( Taft -Hartley Act) that barred states from passing laws which compel union membership as a prerequisite for employment and to maintain employed status

 

[rdean]

If you are going to produce people need to be able to buy your production.

Exactly, which is why Americans are buying foreign made products today.

From 2001 to 2008, millions of jobs moved to China and over 40,000 factories were closed. It's difficult to rebuild when the factories themselves were gone. Gone, not there any more. Gone.

■ While the United States enjoyed a positive net inflow of foreign direct investment of more than $40 billion in 2001, direct investment flows deteriorated markedly in the next two years of Bush’s presidency. In 2002, U.S. companies and individuals invested nearly $90 billion more abroad than foreigners invested directly in the United States, and we saw another net outflow in 2003 of nearly $64 billion. And in 2002, more new foreign direct investment flowed into China than into the United States, much of it in manufacturing.

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=laborunions

Why would Republicans do that to this country? Why do you think business invest so much heavier in Republicans than Democrats. That information has been posted dozens of times. It can't be denied.