Posted on 06/09/2008 8:00:17 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Only the past five years? I could’ve sworn the stagnation began the day after Bush was elected to his first term.
The headline is a lie. It doesn’t reflect the poll results. Go figure.
At least my federal taxes went down...plus a couple of rebates. It sure wouldn’t have happened if the Dems were in power.
Or it would also be fair to say: in the “worst economy ever” with gas doubling and home foreclosures at an all time high...people have not seen a decrease in there ridiculously high standard of living.
They still own their boat, 2 cars, cell phone, computer, and go away on vacation-Oh the Huge Manatee!!!!
“Only 50 percent of American families earned over $58,407 a year in 2006, while it 2000, that amount was $59,398, adjusted for inflation.”
Well, this is potentially telling. Still, there are a lot of compounding variables. Increasing single family homes, increasing numbers of immigrants, increasing numbers of illegal immigrants...
I am in full agreement, however, that this feelings nonsense has a way of being self-perpetuating. The media goes on the air every evening with the usual doom & gloom report, and then they call everyone up to see how down they are. Then they report on that in the next episode of doom & gloom.
Clarified.
....and Bush and the GOP get the blame except that gas prices started going ape after Democrats won the Congress.
....well, I guess it all depends on where you are in your life....my wife and I are retired and on fixed income....in the last 5 years our CD yields at the bank haven’t done that well, but yet the basic necessities have gone up on us: food, gas, heating oil, medical/dental ect....we keep cutting back here and cutting back there....yet, we are lucky compared to many....next winter will be very cruel for many to stay warm if fuel oil hits $5.00/gallon.
Well, a whole lot of them are living in much bigger houses than they were 5 years ago. And they’re now starting to figure out that bigger house doesn’t equate to better standard of living.
effin’ nonsense
Besides where in the Constitution does it guarantee that the standard of living will always increase?
What about median family take home pay?
I moved my family away from Washington,DC 5 years ago. Our standard of living has vastly improved.
If the government is so damned interested in my standard of living, it can stop reaching into my pocket so deeply and make me pay an accountant more than $1,000 for the privilege.
Anything else the government tries to do is not gonna help my standard of living one bit.
It's written on the back, down at the bottom. Kinda small.
All I know is that for that past three years, I’ve gotten hit with the A.M.T. And I sure didn’t see any tax rebate this year.
I went over a “poor” families house for church work Saturday -— re-doing the fence because dad is in prison -— where he will be for life, alas. (He deserves to be in prison; his boys did not.)
Well, the family of 3 (mom and two boys) had a little two bedroom house with a garage, a back yard, a working pickup, a garden, air conditioning, a flat-screen color TV, a Wii with a ton of games (my little ones played with the little boys), fridge full of food, ample clothes, a washer-and-dryer, a mean dog and a nice cat.
Mom worked, boys went to school; everyone looked healthy enough.
Nothing real nice or new, but certainly “OK.”
This was what we consider a “poor” rural family in New Mexico.
Poverty in the USA is a lifestyle choice.
We moved away in 2004. Went from a 1700-square-foot house with no yard or driveway to a 4000-square-foot house on an acre with a 3 car garage. From schools where kids are beaten up daily and MS-13 has chapters to some of the best and most peaceful schools in the country. Our income even went up a bit.
Record national debt, record trade deficits, largest government ever, congress allowing our manufactoring base to be outsourced.
Well at least I got a few hundred dollars back.
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