lies, damned lies, and..........

[sparky]

statistics

have at 'em........

83 percent of all U.S. stocks are in the hands of 1 percent of the people.
Controlling the wealth of America ? top 1 percent control 83 percent of U.S. stocks. As a share of personal income mortgage debt ate up 19 percent in 1949. In 2003 it went up to 85 percent. 80 percent of Americans 65 years and older depend on Socia



61 percent of Americans "always or usually" live paycheck to paycheck, which was up from 49 percent in 2008 and 43 percent in 2007.
News Headlines




66% of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans.

The United States bubble economy and lessons from Japan | Harvard Magazine Jul-Aug 2010



36 percent of Americans say that they don't contribute anything to retirement savings.

News Headlines


A staggering 43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement.
Most Americans still unprepared for retirement - survey - Mar. 9, 2010



24% of American workers say that they have postponed their planned retirement age in the past year
Most Americans still unprepared for retirement - survey - Mar. 9, 2010


Over 1.4 million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy in 2009, which represented a 32 percent increase over 2008
1.41 Million Americans Filed for Personal Bankruptcies in 2009 a jump of 32 Percent from 2008. More and More Average Americans Resorting to Bankruptcy even with Tougher Rules to File.

Only the top 5 percent of U.S. households have earned enough additional income to match the rise in housing costs since 1975
Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Data Say Yes - DailyFinance


For the first time in U.S. history, banks own a greater share of residential housing net worth in the United States than all individual Americans put together

Read http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/living-the-dream-what-do-you-own-reallymore:


In 1950, the ratio of the average executive's paycheck to the average worker's paycheck was about 30 to 1. Since the year 2000, that ratio has exploded to between 300 to 500 to one
America's Race To The Bottom | The Smirking Chimp



As of 2007, the bottom 80 percent of American households held about 7% of the liquid financial assets.

Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Data Say Yes - DailyFinance




The bottom 50 percent of income earners in the United States now collectively own less than 1 percent of the nation’s wealth.

*Finance 101: Blame the Poor***** : Information Clearing House -* ICH


Average Wall Street bonuses for 2009 were up 17 percent when compared with 2008.

N.Y. comptroller: Wall St. bonuses up 17% - Washington Times




In the United States, the average federal worker now earns 60% MORE than the average worker in the private sector
Government jobs: Bloated pay, benefits cost us all - USATODAY.com



The top 1% of U.S. households own nearly twice as much of America's corporate wealth as they did just 15 years ago
Extra: Rich getting richer faster - MSN Money

In America today, the average time needed to find a job has risen to a record 35.2 weeks.
With the US trapped in depression, this really is starting to feel like 1932 - Telegraph


More than 40% of Americans who actually are employed are now working in service jobs, which are often very low paying

Wal-Mart sales suggest the economy is still shaky - May. 20, 2010

For the first time in U.S. history, more than 40 million Americans are on food stamps, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that number will go up to 43 million Americans in 2011


More than 40m now use food stamps - The Boston Globe

This is what American workers now must compete against: in China a garment worker makes approximately 86 cents an hour and in Cambodia a garment worker makes approximately 22 cents an hour


Bangladesh: Factory fire kills 21 garment workers | Workers & Labor |Axisoflogic.com

Despite the financial crisis, the number of millionaires in the United States rose a whopping 16 percent to 7.8 million in 2009

U.S. millionaire ranks up 16 percent last year | Reuters

Approximately 21 percent of all children in the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010 - the highest rate in 20 years

Children's quality of life declining, says report - CNN.com

The top 10% of Americans now earn around 50% of our national income


Emmanuel Saez's Home Page


18 States face austerity cuts

46 States Facing Greek-Like Budget Crisis

~S~

 

[Mini 14]

statistics

have at 'em........

83 percent of all U.S. stocks are in the hands of 1 percent of the people.
Controlling the wealth of America ? top 1 percent control 83 percent of U.S. stocks. As a share of personal income mortgage debt ate up 19 percent in 1949. In 2003 it went up to 85 percent. 80 percent of Americans 65 years and older depend on Socia



61 percent of Americans "always or usually" live paycheck to paycheck, which was up from 49 percent in 2008 and 43 percent in 2007.
News Headlines




66% of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans.

The United States bubble economy and lessons from Japan | Harvard Magazine Jul-Aug 2010



36 percent of Americans say that they don't contribute anything to retirement savings.

News Headlines


A staggering 43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement.
Most Americans still unprepared for retirement - survey - Mar. 9, 2010



24% of American workers say that they have postponed their planned retirement age in the past year
Most Americans still unprepared for retirement - survey - Mar. 9, 2010


Over 1.4 million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy in 2009, which represented a 32 percent increase over 2008
1.41 Million Americans Filed for Personal Bankruptcies in 2009 a jump of 32 Percent from 2008. More and More Average Americans Resorting to Bankruptcy even with Tougher Rules to File.

Only the top 5 percent of U.S. households have earned enough additional income to match the rise in housing costs since 1975
Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Data Say Yes - DailyFinance


For the first time in U.S. history, banks own a greater share of residential housing net worth in the United States than all individual Americans put together

Read http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/living-the-dream-what-do-you-own-reallymore:


In 1950, the ratio of the average executive's paycheck to the average worker's paycheck was about 30 to 1. Since the year 2000, that ratio has exploded to between 300 to 500 to one
America's Race To The Bottom | The Smirking Chimp



As of 2007, the bottom 80 percent of American households held about 7% of the liquid financial assets.

Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Data Say Yes - DailyFinance




The bottom 50 percent of income earners in the United States now collectively own less than 1 percent of the nation’s wealth.

*Finance 101: Blame the Poor***** : Information Clearing House -* ICH


Average Wall Street bonuses for 2009 were up 17 percent when compared with 2008.

N.Y. comptroller: Wall St. bonuses up 17% - Washington Times




In the United States, the average federal worker now earns 60% MORE than the average worker in the private sector
Government jobs: Bloated pay, benefits cost us all - USATODAY.com



The top 1% of U.S. households own nearly twice as much of America's corporate wealth as they did just 15 years ago
Extra: Rich getting richer faster - MSN Money

In America today, the average time needed to find a job has risen to a record 35.2 weeks.
With the US trapped in depression, this really is starting to feel like 1932 - Telegraph


More than 40% of Americans who actually are employed are now working in service jobs, which are often very low paying

Wal-Mart sales suggest the economy is still shaky - May. 20, 2010

For the first time in U.S. history, more than 40 million Americans are on food stamps, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that number will go up to 43 million Americans in 2011


More than 40m now use food stamps - The Boston Globe

This is what American workers now must compete against: in China a garment worker makes approximately 86 cents an hour and in Cambodia a garment worker makes approximately 22 cents an hour


Bangladesh: Factory fire kills 21 garment workers | Workers & Labor |Axisoflogic.com

Despite the financial crisis, the number of millionaires in the United States rose a whopping 16 percent to 7.8 million in 2009

U.S. millionaire ranks up 16 percent last year | Reuters

Approximately 21 percent of all children in the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010 - the highest rate in 20 years

Children's quality of life declining, says report - CNN.com

The top 10% of Americans now earn around 50% of our national income


Emmanuel Saez's Home Page


18 States face austerity cuts

46 States Facing Greek-Like Budget Crisis

~S~

The top 1% asked me to tell you all

"Booyah!"

 

[Pepe]

statistics

have at 'em........

83 percent of all U.S. stocks are in the hands of 1 percent of the people.
Controlling the wealth of America ? top 1 percent control 83 percent of U.S. stocks. As a share of personal income mortgage debt ate up 19 percent in 1949. In 2003 it went up to 85 percent. 80 percent of Americans 65 years and older depend on Socia



61 percent of Americans "always or usually" live paycheck to paycheck, which was up from 49 percent in 2008 and 43 percent in 2007.
News Headlines




66% of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans.

The United States bubble economy and lessons from Japan | Harvard Magazine Jul-Aug 2010



36 percent of Americans say that they don't contribute anything to retirement savings.

News Headlines


A staggering 43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement.
Most Americans still unprepared for retirement - survey - Mar. 9, 2010



24% of American workers say that they have postponed their planned retirement age in the past year
Most Americans still unprepared for retirement - survey - Mar. 9, 2010


Over 1.4 million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy in 2009, which represented a 32 percent increase over 2008
1.41 Million Americans Filed for Personal Bankruptcies in 2009 a jump of 32 Percent from 2008. More and More Average Americans Resorting to Bankruptcy even with Tougher Rules to File.

Only the top 5 percent of U.S. households have earned enough additional income to match the rise in housing costs since 1975
Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Data Say Yes - DailyFinance


For the first time in U.S. history, banks own a greater share of residential housing net worth in the United States than all individual Americans put together

Read http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/living-the-dream-what-do-you-own-reallymore:


In 1950, the ratio of the average executive's paycheck to the average worker's paycheck was about 30 to 1. Since the year 2000, that ratio has exploded to between 300 to 500 to one
America's Race To The Bottom | The Smirking Chimp



As of 2007, the bottom 80 percent of American households held about 7% of the liquid financial assets.

Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Data Say Yes - DailyFinance




The bottom 50 percent of income earners in the United States now collectively own less than 1 percent of the nation’s wealth.

*Finance 101: Blame the Poor***** : Information Clearing House -* ICH


Average Wall Street bonuses for 2009 were up 17 percent when compared with 2008.

N.Y. comptroller: Wall St. bonuses up 17% - Washington Times




In the United States, the average federal worker now earns 60% MORE than the average worker in the private sector
Government jobs: Bloated pay, benefits cost us all - USATODAY.com



The top 1% of U.S. households own nearly twice as much of America's corporate wealth as they did just 15 years ago
Extra: Rich getting richer faster - MSN Money

In America today, the average time needed to find a job has risen to a record 35.2 weeks.
With the US trapped in depression, this really is starting to feel like 1932 - Telegraph


More than 40% of Americans who actually are employed are now working in service jobs, which are often very low paying

Wal-Mart sales suggest the economy is still shaky - May. 20, 2010

For the first time in U.S. history, more than 40 million Americans are on food stamps, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that number will go up to 43 million Americans in 2011


More than 40m now use food stamps - The Boston Globe

This is what American workers now must compete against: in China a garment worker makes approximately 86 cents an hour and in Cambodia a garment worker makes approximately 22 cents an hour


Bangladesh: Factory fire kills 21 garment workers | Workers & Labor |Axisoflogic.com

Despite the financial crisis, the number of millionaires in the United States rose a whopping 16 percent to 7.8 million in 2009

U.S. millionaire ranks up 16 percent last year | Reuters

Approximately 21 percent of all children in the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010 - the highest rate in 20 years

Children's quality of life declining, says report - CNN.com

The top 10% of Americans now earn around 50% of our national income


Emmanuel Saez's Home Page


18 States face austerity cuts

46 States Facing Greek-Like Budget Crisis

~S~

This reads like another Socialist down on his knees begging Obama, ala Linda Lovelace, to save him from himself.

Get a grip.

Those of us middle income folks out here in Flyover Amerika that lived below our means, have a "Rainy Day Fund", paid for old cars and trucks, mortgages we can afford, are supposed to support all the ignorant, "I wanna keep up with the Jones" "I gotta have the latest I-Pad, G-Pad, Z-Pad or Gee Whiz Pad"?

 

[sparky]

This reads like another Socialist down on his knees begging Obama, ala Linda Lovelace, to save him from himself.

grand socialist/sexual word salad Pepe

actually refreshing after all the droll nazi/commie/hitler thing.....

 

[sparky]

The top 1% asked me to tell you all

"Booyah!"

thank you sir, can i have another?

 

[AVG-JOE]

statistics

have at 'em........

>Snip for Space<

~S~

This reads like another Socialist down on his knees begging Obama, ala Linda Lovelace, to save him from himself.

Get a grip.

Those of us middle income folks out here in Flyover Amerika that lived below our means, have a "Rainy Day Fund", paid for old cars and trucks, mortgages we can afford, are supposed to support all the ignorant, "I wanna keep up with the Jones" "I gotta have the latest I-Pad, G-Pad, Z-Pad or Gee Whiz Pad"?

"Nicely done!" and "Good job, lad!"

Damn glad to see you among the lucky and on the right side of most of those statistics!!

It's nice to be among the 60 to 70% of Americans who're looking forward to retiring but don't you think an America crawling with 30% to 40% po' folk is gonna be a real buzz-kill as we age for those of us who got lucky?

 

[sparky]

the thing is , there seems to be little indicative of these items being left or right

they are, imho, entirely vertical in nature , insinuating a progerssive dualopoly

much in the way of issues economic these days reek of it

thus the thread title, are the fact? or fiction?

can any here that claim America is not on this road effectively discredit more than 1/2 of these?

inquiring minds who like to know.....

 

[sparky]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tP9tGAnsCI]YouTube - Relaxation - Full Moon Night Time sounds - Meditation[/ame]

 

[CrusaderFrank]

It mean that the Progressive plan to create a permanent government dependent underclass has worked flawlessly!

I give them a standing ovation for it!

You have to admire how they done it so perfectly, the majority of Americans can't tell they're fucked, don't know how it happened and have no idea how to get out of it.

They couldn't have done it without the Department of Education.

Bravo!

 

[editec]

statistics

have at 'em........

83 percent of all U.S. stocks are in the hands of 1 percent of the people.
Controlling the wealth of America ? top 1 percent control 83 percent of U.S. stocks. As a share of personal income mortgage debt ate up 19 percent in 1949. In 2003 it went up to 85 percent. 80 percent of Americans 65 years and older depend on Socia

I'll trade you Baltic Avenue for $200 and your Get out of jail free card.

61 percent of Americans "always or usually" live paycheck to paycheck, which was up from 49 percent in 2008 and 43 percent in 2007.
News Headlines

If you call that living, I suppose.

66% of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans.

The United States bubble economy and lessons from Japan | Harvard Magazine Jul-Aug 2010

But they earned it the old fashioned way -- by social darwinism

What do you have against science, dude?

36 percent of Americans say that they don't contribute anything to retirement savings.

News Headlines

Saving your life NOW is a kind of retirement plan, isn't it?

A staggering 43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement.
Most Americans still unprepared for retirement - survey - Mar. 9, 2010

I seriously doubt that 57% of the population could scrape up $10,000 if their lives depended on it.

24% of American workers say that they have postponed their planned retirement age in the past year
Most Americans still unprepared for retirement - survey - Mar. 9, 2010

And another staggering percentage of American workers had retirement thrust upon them via pink slips.

They don't actually know they've retired yet, but it's beginning to dawn on them as their job search proves fruitless.

Over 1.4 million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy in 2009, which represented a 32 percent increase over 2008
1.41 Million Americans Filed for Personal Bankruptcies in 2009 a jump of 32 Percent from 2008. More and More Average Americans Resorting to Bankruptcy even with Tougher Rules to File.

I was once so poor and indebted that I could not AFFORD to file for bankruptsy.

That's right fans, disguised as a mild mannered USMB correspondent, his true identity was JUDGEMENT-PROOF MAN.

Able to mounting debts in a single bound!

More powerful that a steaming writ of eviction!

Look! Out on the streets?

It's......Judgement-proof man!

He fights for truth, just us, and the AMERICAN WAY (of indebtedness!)

Only the top 5 percent of U.S. households have earned enough additional income to match the rise in housing costs since 1975
Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Data Say Yes - DailyFinance

Houses?

We don need no stinking houses!

For the first time in U.S. history, banks own a greater share of residential housing net worth in the United States than all individual Americans put together

Read http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/living-the-dream-what-do-you-own-reallymore:

Fish gotta swim.
Birds gotta fly
Bank's gotta foreclose
You gotta go.
Bye-bye!

In 1950, the ratio of the average executive's paycheck to the average worker's paycheck was about 30 to 1. Since the year 2000, that ratio has exploded to between 300 to 500 to one
America's Race To The Bottom | The Smirking Chimp

Just when we thought we were finally winning the rat race

Along came faster rats!

As of 2007, the bottom 80 percent of American households held about 7% of the liquid financial assets.

Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Data Say Yes - DailyFinance

That must explain why I'm always having to run to the store for more tonic.

The bottom 50 percent of income earners in the United States now collectively own less than 1 percent of the nation’s wealth.

*Finance 101: Blame the Poor***** : Information Clearing House -* ICH

The bottom 50% of the population are all 1%ers?

Jesus! there's more Hell Angels out there than I realized.

Oh man! ~ does this mean I have to get a tatoo?

Average Wall Street bonuses for 2009 were up 17 percent when compared with 2008.

N.Y. comptroller: Wall St. bonuses up 17% - Washington Times

Well in their defence, 2008 wasn't a very good year for exploiting the workers.

In the United States, the average federal worker now earns 60% MORE than the average worker in the private sector
Government jobs: Bloated pay, benefits cost us all - USATODAY.com

Yeah, but that's because they all have jobs.

The top 1% of U.S. households own nearly twice as much of America's corporate wealth as they did just 15 years ago
Extra: Rich getting richer faster - MSN Money

Which wouldn't be so annoying if they weren't holding so much of that wealth in FOREIGN BANKS, I suppose

In America today, the average time needed to find a job has risen to a record 35.2 weeks.
With the US trapped in depression, this really is starting to feel like 1932 - Telegraph

That's just Mammon's way of telling you that you missed your calling in the wonderful world of fast food.

Embrace your McJOB.

More than 40% of Americans who actually are employed are now working in service jobs, which are often very low paying

Wal-Mart sales suggest the economy is still shaky - May. 20, 2010

What they lack in salary and benefits, they more than make up for in paper hats.

For the first time in U.S. history, more than 40 million Americans are on food stamps, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that number will go up to 43 million Americans in 2011

More than 40m now use food stamps - The Boston Globe

The American Philatelic Society must be thrilled that so many Americans are now interested in stamp collecting.

This is what American workers now must compete against: in China a garment worker makes approximately 86 cents an hour and in Cambodia a garment worker makes approximately 22 cents an hour


Bangladesh: Factory fire kills 21 garment workers | Workers & Labor |Axisoflogic.com

Let me try to Nip this in the bud and put a new slant on it, shall I?

Pity the poor Chinaman who has got the Cambodians poisted to take their jobs.

Despite the financial crisis, the number of millionaires in the United States rose a whopping 16 percent to 7.8 million in 2009

U.S. millionaire ranks up 16 percent last year | Reuters

Well you know how it is with those damned millionaires.

They bred like rabbits!

Approximately 21 percent of all children in the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010 - the highest rate in 20 years

Children's quality of life declining, says report - CNN.com

Parasites.

The top 10% of Americans now earn around 50% of our national income


Emmanuel Saez's Home Page

That must mean that they work... wait a minute I can do this..


Let's see

.1 p = .5I

.9p = .5I

carry the .9, multiply .1p by a tax break here and a tax break there

divide by the LCD of NINJA loans by the amount of blood you can get out of a stone.

Yup!

According to my math, the top 10% must work about 30 gagillion times harder than all those lazy sods in the lower 90%

Well that explain it then, doesn't it?

18 States face austerity cuts

46 States Facing Greek-Like Budget Crisis

Those states didn't study hard enough in school!

 

[Pepe]

It mean that the Progressive plan to create a permanent government dependent underclass has worked flawlessly!

I give them a standing ovation for it!

You have to admire how they done it so perfectly, the majority of Americans can't tell they're fucked, don't know how it happened and have no idea how to get out of it.

They couldn't have done it without the Department of Education.

Bravo!

Both Socialist Parties that comprise the Duopoly have varying degrees of responsibility regarding the sad state of affairs here in the Empire's homeland.

But as to education, I applaud your astute comments.

If the Dems had actually planned to dumb down our young and put them back on the plantation............they couldn't have done any better.

Keep 'em in the Ghettos with Section 8.

Force them to crawl to some Imperial Mandarins Office for their daily sustanance.

Give them assistance with their heating and AC bills.

The Dems have guaranteed themselves a reliable voting bloc year after year.

You have to wonder if the Dems really planned it this way?

 

[AVG-JOE]

It mean that the Progressive plan to create a permanent government dependent underclass has worked flawlessly!

I give them a standing ovation for it!

You have to admire how they done it so perfectly, the majority of Americans can't tell they're fucked, don't know how it happened and have no idea how to get out of it.

They couldn't have done it without the Department of Education.

Bravo!

Boo fucking hoo.

Should we try tax cuts for the upper crust?

 

[sparky]

right then

the economic indicators (inclusive of source links) are simply that, economic indicators of our present situation (universally agreed as to 'moderation')

now one would possibly expect Keneysian or Austrian qualitative dynamics , quantitative empirical data, or other influences pursuant to some sort of theoretical market padigram

i mean, isn't that what economists do when asked what time it is during a convention?

unfortunately, we have replys indicative of an insider effort toward effectively emasculating the econony, along with the popluace by proxy , insinuating a rather loud charge of economic treason

why any given party would choose ,subvertly or otherwise, to trash their base is , beyond this charge, a conspiracy theory in leauge with the birthers and truthers

that said, the concept of starving it vs. perpetuating it does , in fact, exist ...........and this is the only one overt enough to really qualify as validation>>>>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast

"Starving the beast" is a fiscal-political strategy of some American conservatives[1][2][3] to use budget deficits via tax cuts to force future reductions in the size of government. The term "beast" refers to the government and the programs it funds, particularly social programs such as welfare, Social Security, and Medicare.

i have , to date, found no similar opposite movement to the above as explaination to the OP

however, i am always open to economic enlightenment, be it by whatever source, so if such a scenario does indeed exist, i'd be greatly appreciative of it's revelation here

anyone...?

 

[hortysir]

statistics

have at 'em........

83 percent of all U.S. stocks are in the hands of 1 percent of the people.
Controlling the wealth of America ? top 1 percent control 83 percent of U.S. stocks. As a share of personal income mortgage debt ate up 19 percent in 1949. In 2003 it went up to 85 percent. 80 percent of Americans 65 years and older depend on Socia



61 percent of Americans "always or usually" live paycheck to paycheck, which was up from 49 percent in 2008 and 43 percent in 2007.
News Headlines




66% of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans.

The United States bubble economy and lessons from Japan | Harvard Magazine Jul-Aug 2010



36 percent of Americans say that they don't contribute anything to retirement savings.

News Headlines


A staggering 43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement.
Most Americans still unprepared for retirement - survey - Mar. 9, 2010



24% of American workers say that they have postponed their planned retirement age in the past year
Most Americans still unprepared for retirement - survey - Mar. 9, 2010


Over 1.4 million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy in 2009, which represented a 32 percent increase over 2008
1.41 Million Americans Filed for Personal Bankruptcies in 2009 a jump of 32 Percent from 2008. More and More Average Americans Resorting to Bankruptcy even with Tougher Rules to File.

Only the top 5 percent of U.S. households have earned enough additional income to match the rise in housing costs since 1975
Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Data Say Yes - DailyFinance


For the first time in U.S. history, banks own a greater share of residential housing net worth in the United States than all individual Americans put together

Read http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/living-the-dream-what-do-you-own-reallymore:


In 1950, the ratio of the average executive's paycheck to the average worker's paycheck was about 30 to 1. Since the year 2000, that ratio has exploded to between 300 to 500 to one
America's Race To The Bottom | The Smirking Chimp



As of 2007, the bottom 80 percent of American households held about 7% of the liquid financial assets.

Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Data Say Yes - DailyFinance




The bottom 50 percent of income earners in the United States now collectively own less than 1 percent of the nation’s wealth.

*Finance 101: Blame the Poor***** : Information Clearing House -* ICH


Average Wall Street bonuses for 2009 were up 17 percent when compared with 2008.

N.Y. comptroller: Wall St. bonuses up 17% - Washington Times




In the United States, the average federal worker now earns 60% MORE than the average worker in the private sector
Government jobs: Bloated pay, benefits cost us all - USATODAY.com



The top 1% of U.S. households own nearly twice as much of America's corporate wealth as they did just 15 years ago
Extra: Rich getting richer faster - MSN Money

In America today, the average time needed to find a job has risen to a record 35.2 weeks.
With the US trapped in depression, this really is starting to feel like 1932 - Telegraph


More than 40% of Americans who actually are employed are now working in service jobs, which are often very low paying

Wal-Mart sales suggest the economy is still shaky - May. 20, 2010

For the first time in U.S. history, more than 40 million Americans are on food stamps, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that number will go up to 43 million Americans in 2011


More than 40m now use food stamps - The Boston Globe

This is what American workers now must compete against: in China a garment worker makes approximately 86 cents an hour and in Cambodia a garment worker makes approximately 22 cents an hour


Bangladesh: Factory fire kills 21 garment workers | Workers & Labor |Axisoflogic.com

Despite the financial crisis, the number of millionaires in the United States rose a whopping 16 percent to 7.8 million in 2009

U.S. millionaire ranks up 16 percent last year | Reuters

Approximately 21 percent of all children in the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010 - the highest rate in 20 years

Children's quality of life declining, says report - CNN.com

The top 10% of Americans now earn around 50% of our national income


Emmanuel Saez's Home Page


18 States face austerity cuts

46 States Facing Greek-Like Budget Crisis

~S~

That's a lot of copy/paste and code to say:


The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

Just sayin'

 

[sparky]

otoh Horty my man,

there are times when such Forest Gump simplicity provides zero wiggle room

 

[rdean]

otoh Horty my man,

there are times when such Forest Gump simplicity provides zero wiggle room

QUOTE: In 1950, the ratio of the average executive's paycheck to the average worker's paycheck was about 30 to 1. Since the year 2000, that ratio has exploded to between 300 to 500 to one

-----------------------

You can't really talk to these right wingers. They are too fucking stupid. What executive is worth that much. It's a job!

They look at Carly Fiorina, who laid off 18000 workers, as a "successful" executive. Because she was paid millions to "go away"? That makes her successful? Well yea, she got millions.

When you point out their nuttiness, they start screaming that you should be "banned". For being "mean".

They can take their leaders saying the most horrible things. But the truth? Never. They're like "lemmings" to the slaughter.

Only in the Republican Party, can an unemployed debt ridden self described and unlicensed "plumber" become a national spokesman because he doesn't want anyone to take his "wealth".

lem·ming (lmng)
n.
Any of various small, thickset rodents, especially of the genus Lemmus, inhabiting northern regions and known for periodic mass migrations that sometimes end in drowning.

a member of any large group following an unthinking course towards mass destruction

 

[hortysir]

otoh Horty my man,

there are times when such Forest Gump simplicity provides zero wiggle room

The devil's in the details

 

[topspin]

Sparky let me take a wild guess. You haven't bought a shit load of stocks?

 

[sparky]

actually my last stab was an IPO that sugared off rather sweet Topspin, and i've been invited in for ground floor shares on another deal in the works.......

but i digress, it is irrelevant to the OP, is it not?

and RDean, does it not seem the indicators are of vertical nature, vs. the usual horizontal canard being thrust at each other?

 

[editec]

It mean that the Progressive plan to create a permanent government dependent underclass has worked flawlessly!

I give them a standing ovation for it![/quote]

Oh ya' can't give ALL the credit to government, Cru.

The private sector helped.

You have to admire how they done it so perfectly, the majority of Americans can't tell they're fucked, don't know how it happened and have no idea how to get out of it.

The majority know perfectly well they're fucked, do know in part how it happened, and merely cannot figure out who to kill, more like

They couldn't have done it without the Department of Education.

Which, just in case you're completely cluess, until BUSH II's "no child left behind" had damned little to do with what was actually taught in US schools.

But hey, don't let that pesky facts get in the way of your pet theory.

Far be it for me to steal anybody's favorite scapegoat.