Compared today YES IT WAS.
The low annual income of the typical american worker is disturbing
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Sure it was.
That's why all those raggedy people who were photographed in old-time factories look so overjoyed to be there.
No free rides and shyt but let the government spend 2 trillion on a meaningless war. That kind of money could have made every person in this country a multi-millionare with plenty left over.I had similar conversations with a white co-worker. Told him several Nordic countries had various programs that the USA didn't have despite us being the greatest country on Earth. His reply was that it just couldn't work over here, that we shouldn't compare the USA to tiny countries.....eventhough we spend 600 billion a year on the Military. I then brought up free healthcare and his response was that people should pay for it....no handouts....only to later reveal how amazing his healthcare was and how cheap he could get medicine because his father worked for a Big Pharma and got rockbottom prices on his plan. Such a hypocriteMy other co-worker basically admitted the only reason why Nordic countries have such policies and we don't is because they're mostly homogeneous societies so there's more of a mindset that we're taking care of our own whereas in the USA whites would never do it because they don't want their hardearned money going to blacks or hispanics even if it benefited them too.
@winb83 as @Type Username Here has already said, welcome to the fight. Now you understand. Now you know what and why some of us get so upset with austerity measures. I'm glad you're now aware of the income disparity, but I'm disheartened to know that you're just now seeing those stats. The first reason is because you've made principled stances either in public or in private (voting) without fully understanding the grave situation we're in. The second because as we've seen, there is a 0% chance that the 59million peopel who voted Republican will ever show initiative and research those stats like you did.
It's really hurt me this past year finding out that democrats who I thought understood the struggle and were ready for the fight didn't understand the cost of universal healthcare or the cost of universal education. It became apparent real fast once Bernie started making noise on the campaign trail that it wasn't only Republicans who needed to be educated. I can't fight for the progressive principles against Republicans/conservatives, if I also have to fight democrats and neo-liberals too.
I'm glad you already upped the article about the average amount of savings.
You should also post about the federal poverty level for a family of 4 or a single person.
You should also post the income level needed to qualify for medicaid in your state.
You should post the income needed to afford a 1 bedroom apartment by state.
You should also post the outrage from high income earners who tried to argue that making 250k a year made one middle class.
We're fukked in more ways than one.
...what? I didn't just become aware of income inequality yesterday. That convo with my dad happened a long-ass time ago. I just remember his reaction well.
just quoted you both cause y'all had similar statements is all...what? I didn't just become aware of income inequality yesterday. That convo with my dad happened a long-ass time ago. I just remember his reaction well.
Thats ridiculous. I dont make shyt but i have no debt and am climbing to 10k. Im assuming student loans and credit card usage has contributed a lot to that stat...hard to believe.
Extreme poverty is expected to fall to an all-time low this year
Extreme poverty at all time global low while population is at an all time high
The World Bank just announced a major global milestone: The number of people living in extreme poverty will likely fall to below 10% in 2015.
“This is the best story in the world today,’’ Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group president, said in a statement. “These projections show us that we are the first generation in human history that can end extreme poverty.”
The latest projections suggest that the extreme poverty rate could fall to single digits—from 12.8% in 2012 to 9.6%—for the first time. The projections focus on extreme poverty, where people lack the most basic necessities, and not relative poverty, where someone’s income is below the general standard of living.
I assume you(and everyone else in this thread) are referring to relative poverty.
Fair enough... but lets be clear that more people have the basic necessities than ever before, and it is a truly amazing accomplishment.But no ones cares about those who are actually poor
We're worried about everyone having access to high speed internet.
We're worried about everyone having access to high speed internet.
well I knew income inequality was a thing but I had no idea that 70% of all workers in this country don't even make $50K a year. That's insane. Furthermore I had no idea what I earn at my job puts me in the top 30% of earners in this country. $50K a year ain't a lot of money except it actually is in comparison to what others make. Where I live you can live very well on $50K a year but that's still not a lot of money either way....what? I didn't just become aware of income inequality yesterday. That convo with my dad happened a long-ass time ago. I just remember his reaction well.
Everyone should have access to internet, the sloppiness in which many of the third-world countries are developing has a lot to do with technology being far more readily available than roads or health infrastructure. Internet is a lot easier to set up than the other two.Extreme poverty is expected to fall to an all-time low this year
Extreme poverty at all time global low while population is at an all time high
The World Bank just announced a major global milestone: The number of people living in extreme poverty will likely fall to below 10% in 2015.
“This is the best story in the world today,’’ Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group president, said in a statement. “These projections show us that we are the first generation in human history that can end extreme poverty.”
The latest projections suggest that the extreme poverty rate could fall to single digits—from 12.8% in 2012 to 9.6%—for the first time. The projections focus on extreme poverty, where people lack the most basic necessities, and not relative poverty, where someone’s income is below the general standard of living.
I assume you(and everyone else in this thread) are referring to relative poverty.
But no ones cares about those who are actually poor
That being said, their threshold for "extreme poverty" is something like $1.25 a day depending on the country right? I wouldn't say that's markedly an improvement, the vast majority of the population on the planet is still immensely impoverished.
Dog how do you make 70k and pay 470 a month for rent where the hell do you live
I don't make 70k. I wish I did.
How much do you make? I coulda swore you said that. You at 60k?
