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To: SVTCobra03
It is a generalization based on anecdotal information, Wal-Mart is a big corporation, It employs all kinds of people from minimum wage to executive level salaries. The same holds true for agribusiness.

After adjusting for inflation, men who work full-time in America today make less money than men who worked full-time in America 40 years ago.

It is hard to believe, but 62 percent of all Americans make $20 or less an hour at this point.

Nine of the top ten occupations in the U.S. pay an average wage of less than $35,000 a year.

According to one recent study, 40 percent of all Americans could not come up with $2000 right now even if there was a major emergency

Less than one out of every four Americans has enough money put away to cover six months of expenses if there was a job loss or major emergency.

An astounding 56 percent of all Americans have subprime credit in 2014

19 posted on 05/01/2014 8:44:24 PM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar

That sounds to me like America back in “the good old days.”


21 posted on 05/02/2014 5:09:33 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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