The 35 year drought in real wages for American workers: American workers really haven’t had a raise since 1979.
Economic recoveries take on a variety of shape and sizes. With stock markets reaching new highs you would expect that some of the fruits of this boom would trickle down to American workers. But some of the booming trends are continuing on the path of low wage labor and certainly, of turning people into contract […]
A demographic tsunami looms: By 2020 we will have 20 percent of our population 65 and older. Half of elderly Americans would be in financial ruin if it weren’t for Social Security.
Kicking the can down the road has a nice appeal. It is the same allure that comes from procrastinating. Putting off the dirty work for another day. This seems to be the approach we have taken for deficit spending. So it is no surprise that older Americans have followed in the same footsteps and many […]
The largest bracket of tax payers in the United States is made up by those making $15,000 a year or less: Half of all federal taxes paid by those making $250,000 or more. Sample $50,000 budget.
New IRS tax filing data sheds an interesting light on the American economy. Americans for the most part comply with paying their taxes as measured against other countries. However, when we look at tax data we get an interesting picture on the low wage economy. As it turns out, the largest tax bracket comes in […]
Comparing the inflated cost of living today from 1938 to 2015: US Dollar losing an enormous amount of purchasing power since 1938.
People have a hard time understanding how inflation erodes their purchasing power. Little by little the cost of everything goes up and people simply assume this is normal in an economy. The $2 movie ticket becomes a $8 movie ticket. That can of tuna just got smaller but the price remains the same. The cost […]