LIBERAL POLICIES WORK! INCOME UP POVERTY DOWN!!!!!!

[dherd]

TERRIBLE NEWS FOR ALL YOU AMERICA HATING PUTIN LOVERS!

More Americans are making more money.

The U.S. Census Bureau released new numbers on Tuesday showing that, after a brutal economic recession and years of stagnation, real median household incomes rose from $53,718 in 2014 to $56,516 last year. That's a 5.2 percent rise — the first statistically significant increase since 2007.

But, as NPR's Pam Fessler notes, "the median household income was still lower than it was in 2007."

The official poverty rate decreased to 13.5 percent for last year, a drop of 1.2 percentage points. That represents 3.5 million people who are no longer in poverty and is the largest annual percentage point drop since 1999, the Census Bureau says.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...us-bureau-poverty-rate-down-median-incomes-up

 

[Walter Brennaneer]

Dude, you put the s t u p i d in the word stupid!

 

[andy4theherd]

But, as NPR's Pam Fessler notes, "the median household income was still lower than it was in 2007."

at least the cost of living has remained the exact same since 2007.....just imagine how crappy it would be if we made less money than 10 years ago AND had to pay more for insurance, housing, food, healthcare, ect......................

 

[dherd]

you mean like the bush years.

 

[raleighherdfan]

interesting. self proclaimed accountant doesn't understand INFLATION. Also from the article.........

But as The New York Times' Nate Cohn points out, rural America didn't experience the same growth as the rest of the country. The median income for people living outside of metropolitan areas dropped 2 percent, to $44,657.

The Census Bureau also looked at economic inequality, where measures did not show any statistically significant changes —

OBAMA FAILED

 

[Walden Pond]

America is the land of kings really with the way we all live. All living like kings.

So what's everybody bitching about? Well, if there are no fake problems left to solve the only thing left is to quietly bask in the glory and gleefully pass the years you have left. That just doesn't get anybody's blood pumping.

 

[dherd]

rural america. thats where uneducated republicans live
- thats logical.

polls show trump voters are uneducated rural whites.

 

[alphasig1053]

rural america. thats where uneducated republicans live
- thats logical.

polls show trump voters are uneducated rural whites.

I thought dems were for the middle class and the poorer people? And I thought they were all about income inequality?

 

[Walden Pond]

Whoever they're for, they're still all mad. Even if they make millions, they still think America's terrible because we don't make every single stray cat purr in comfort.

 

[ohio herd]

rural america. thats where uneducated republicans live
- thats logical.

polls show trump voters are uneducated rural whites.

really? Who told you that? I have 3 degrees after High School and I am voting for Trump.

 

[ohio herd]

TERRIBLE NEWS FOR ALL YOU AMERICA HATING PUTIN LOVERS!

More Americans are making more money.

The U.S. Census Bureau released new numbers on Tuesday showing that, after a brutal economic recession and years of stagnation, real median household incomes rose from $53,718 in 2014 to $56,516 last year. That's a 5.2 percent rise — the first statistically significant increase since 2007.

But, as NPR's Pam Fessler notes, "the median household income was still lower than it was in 2007."

The official poverty rate decreased to 13.5 percent for last year, a drop of 1.2 percentage points. That represents 3.5 million people who are no longer in poverty and is the largest annual percentage point drop since 1999, the Census Bureau says.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...us-bureau-poverty-rate-down-median-incomes-up

The economic recovery, however, remains incomplete. The median household income was still 1.6 percent lower than in 2007, adjusting for inflation. It also remained 2.4 percent lower than the peak reached during the boom of the late 1990s. The number of people living in poverty also remained elevated, although it shrank last year by about 3.5 million, or roughly 8 percent.

 

[raleighherdfan]

rural america. thats where uneducated republicans live
- thats logical.

polls show trump voters are uneducated rural whites.

Dems........the party of the common man......LMAO.

OBAMA FAILED.