So I shouldn't vote for the best candidate, I should vote straight Republican? That is pretty stupid for anyone to vote a straight ticket. I will continue to vote for quality candidates. You can continue to be a stupid partisan idiot.
You keep voting for the best liars, tax cuts for the rich and giant corps, state and local tax hikes on yourself, stupid wars, and cuts in services, stupid. What makes a quality candidate but their POLICIES, dupe?
So are you calling Democrats liars? Because I have voted for many Democrats, especially in local elections, you are a fucking dumbshit.
Duh, no. Exactly dumb. The national elections are what matter, and those Dems are the only hope against screw the nonrich, lying, cheating, hypocrite GOPers...
And I voted for a Dem for the House of Rep and voted third party for President, so you are wrong again and lie as per usual. Nothing new about that, hypocrite.
So you terminally confused. 3rd party is as good as GOP. 35 years of GOP policy=
The Demise of the American Middle Class In Numbers.
Over the past 35 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:
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ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/pf/totalf1.txt
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https://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/PolicyDis/No7Nov04.pdf
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/blog/09/04/27/CongratulationstoEmmanuelSaez/
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http://www.demos.org/inequality/images/charts/uspersonalsaving_thumb.gif
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
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Federated Prudent Bear Fund (A): Overview
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FRB: Z.1 Release - Financial Accounts of the United States - Current Release
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