The low annual income of the typical american worker is disturbing

[winb83]

Wage Statistics for 2015
70% of the people that work in this country make less than $50,000 a year. Half the people that work in this country make less than $30,000 a year.

Something desperately needs to be done about income inequality. I'm not saying everyone should be millionaires but people should mostly at least be approaching $50,000 a year working full time.

 

[BaggerofTea]

Its going to get worse over these next 4 years

 

[Type Username Here]

Welcome to the fight friend.

These numbers will get worse due automation, rise of machine learning and AI, and increasing corporate influence. We need now more than ever to focus on the working class.

 

[Llcoolbay]

Bootstraps baby

 

[DEAD7]

or we can look at why the cost of living is artificially high and work to bring it down...


























@ people still chasing the mirage of equality

 

[88m3]

People even a lot of people on this forum whine about increasing minimum wage, workers rights and unions, and refuse to vote so are you surprised the majority of people are poor?

 

[DEAD7]

Just saying... theres more than one way to approach this

 

[DEAD7]

People even a lot of people on this forum whine about increasing minimum wage, workers rights and unions, and refuse to vote so are you surprised the majority of people are poor?

Poverty is an all time low... not just as a percentage but in real numbers.

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

Half the people that work in this country make less than $30,000 a year.

Holy shyt, breh.

 

[88m3]

Poverty is an all time low... not just as a percentage but in real numbers.

vague

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

or we can look at why the cost of living is artificially high and work to bring it down...


























@ people still chasing the mirage of equality

 

[winb83]

People even a lot of people on this forum whine about increasing minimum wage, workers rights and unions, and refuse to vote so are you surprised the majority of people are poor?

Apparently I'm more well off than I thought. I never thought my annual wages were anything to write home about but I look at that chart and about 30% of the people in this country that work for a living make more than I do. To me that's kinda sad.

 

[Llcoolbay]

People at work telling me trump is going to lower the rich taxes and it will allow them to spend more energizing the economy .....

 

[DEAD7]

vague

People even a lot of people on this forum whine about increasing minimum wage, workers rights and unions, and refuse to vote so are you surprised the majority of people are poor?

Define poor?

 

[winb83]

People at work telling me trump is going to lower the rich taxes and it will allow them to spend more energizing the economy .....

Trickle down economics is a scam and a lie. They just keep that money for themselves.