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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?

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To: j g cordes who wrote (8589)10/20/1998 1:54:00 PM
From: Les H  Read Replies (3) of 13994
 
What is the true median income when you lop off the top 1 percent and the bottom 1 percent? What was the effect of immigration on these statistics? What was the effect of migration of companies from the two coasts into the midwest that occurred earlier in this decade when companies sought to lower costs? What was the effect on the movement by many companies to cut back on the middle management layers, and how did that contribute to the distribution of salaries in these companies? How come these surveys never track income mobility, i.e., where are the people who were middle class in 1989? What is the impact of the income mobility that is attributable to the aging of the population? What is the impact of the growth of new low-pay service sectors of child care and elder care? How come in one part of the report they speak in terms of inflation-adjusted figures then drop this qualification later in the report? I've seen this slanting of reports in liberal and conservative articles. Why when they discuss the wages of technical professions do they only discuss only recent graduates and not experienced professionals? What is the impact of importing and outsourcing technical professionals on the entry level technical pay? I've found that companies tend to use outsourcing more now than hiring entry level staff. They have much higher productivity and good technical professionals tend to change jobs a lot early in their career. Why when discussing the majority of the article is based on changes from 1989 to 1996 then they use figures from 1979 to 1996? When comparing security ownership by middle class from 1989 to 1997, what impact was there of income mobility in this study? Is it possible that those with larger stock holdings retired and moved into a lower income class? Do they include 401(k)'s and other indirect ownership into their study? ...
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