To: sarcasm
"It's no secret that the U.S. has been on a rich-get-richer, poor-get-poorer track for several years."The poor get poorer?!
What nonsense!
Who wants to assert that the "poor" today physically earn **less** than the poor of "several years" ago?
The "Poverty Level" today is around $14,000 per year for an average household. That's more than the middle-class average income in the 1950's.
The poor get "poorer"?!
I think not.
7 posted on
07/05/2003 12:21:32 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southack
The "Poverty Level" today is around $14,000 per year for an average household. That's more than the middle-class average income in the 1950's.
Inflation? How much credit card debt does that person have? Do their own their home or do they rent? Do they ever take a vacation? How many hours a week do they work? Do both members of the household work, compared to just the husband in the 50's?
Its not easy to compare just based on income.
8 posted on
07/05/2003 12:24:39 PM PDT by
lelio
To: Southack
The "Poverty Level" today is around $14,000 per year for an average household. That's more than the middle-class average income in the 1950's Have you forgotten about inflation?
9 posted on
07/05/2003 12:34:00 PM PDT by
sarcasm
(Tancredo 2004)
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