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User ID: 7537417 United States 03/20/2015 10:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Middle Class Is Struggling in All 50 States A real shocker.......not f the first decade and a half is any guide, the 21st century will not be known as the era of the middle class in the U.S. The middle class shrunk in all 50 states between 2000 and 2013, and median income, adjusted for inflation, was lower at the end of 2013 in the vast majority of states than it was in 2000, according to a new study by the Pew Charitable Trust’s Stateline. The analysis, conducted by Stateline’s Tim Henderson, defines “middle class” as individuals earning between 67 percent and 200 percent of the state’s median income. more.... [ link to finance.yahoo.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 56685393 United Kingdom 03/20/2015 10:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Middle Class Is Struggling in All 50 States its as if the want either the very rich or the very poor and nothing in between. |
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User ID: 7537417 United States 03/20/2015 10:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Middle Class Is Struggling in All 50 States its as if the want either the very rich or the very poor and nothing in between.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 56685393 that's what happens when you globalize jobs, then incomes are lowered due to lower wages overseas, which destroys wages in the USA. We can't compete with india, china and the rest of the toilet countries who don't pay shit. NAFTA brought this all on, so we made our bed, now we have to live in it. |