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Politics : Sioux Nation
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From: Metacomet9/13/2011 5:30:24 PM
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We gotta get rid of those unions. High wages are killing us.


Median Male Worker Makes Less Now Than 43 Years Ago

While the fact that a record number of Americans are living in poverty should not surprise anyone at this point, what should surprise many is that according to Table P-5of the Census report of (Lack of) Income, the median male is now worse on a gross, inflation adjusted basis, than he was in...1968!

While back then, the median income of male workers was $32,844, it has since declined to $32,137 as of 2010. And there is your lesson in inflation 101 (which we assume is driven by the CPI, which likely means that the actual inflation adjusted income decline is far worse than what is even reported).

The only winner: women, whose median inflation adjusted income over the same period has increased by 188%. That said, it is still at 65% of what the median male makes. So injustice all around. And now, it is time to be patriotic again and buy a Pontiac Aztek.



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