70 MILLION OF THE 140 MILLION WORKING AMERICANS MAKE LESS THAN $25,000

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Posted on 11th May 2012 by Administrator in Economy |Politics |Social Issues

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Half of all wage earners made less than $26,364 in 2010, and the typical American wage is at its lowest level since 1999, after adjusting for inflation.

 

The chart above explains the chart below.

 

 

Is this a sustainable economic model?

 

34 Comments

  1. Maddie's Mom says:

    I’m gonna go out out on a limb here and guess..No?

    I can almost hear the other 70 million being crushed as they labor to keep this POS scheme propped up.

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    11th May 2012 at 12:51 pm

  2. Ron says:

    It wouldnt be so bad if things didnt cost so much. Houses arent worth what they are selling for,the monthly payment is beyond what most can afford.Cars are about the same.
    The pay just isnt matching the cost.Soon none of this well matter.

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    11th May 2012 at 1:44 pm

  3. ThePessimisticChemist says:

    I’m honestly shocked at how little people make.

    I made that much fresh out of high school. 0.o

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    11th May 2012 at 1:49 pm

  4. Kill Bill says:

    We need to lower not only teachers and union members wages, do away with pension but lower these 70 million peoples wages while making sure that Jamie Dimon gets a 20 billion dollar bonus

    /snark

    ~~~~~

    The danger to humanity is in the nuclear button briefcase in the Oval Office and in the brainwashed and militant Amerikan population, the most totally disinformed and ignorant people on earth. -Paul Craig Roberts

    Were Number One!!!

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    11th May 2012 at 2:16 pm

  5. Maddie's Mom says:

    If PCR thinks the “totally disinformed and ignorant” Amerikan population is militant now, he’d better hope they NEVER get a clue.

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    11th May 2012 at 3:30 pm

  6. llpoh says:

    These low-skilled breeders need another $10,000 drop in income to be competitive in the modern world.

    I have no sympathy for those who don’t pay their fair share in Federal Income tax. Tax these wastes of flesh and put their skin in the game.

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    11th May 2012 at 3:37 pm

  7. Zarathustra says:

    All things considered, the US will make a pretty nice third world country.

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    11th May 2012 at 3:49 pm

  8. Administrator says:

    llpoh

    70 million of the 140 million working Americans wear thumb rings and call in sick at least once per month.

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    11th May 2012 at 4:02 pm

  9. DaveL says:

    “Ron says:

    It wouldnt be so bad if things didnt cost so much. Houses arent worth what they are selling for,the monthly payment is beyond what most can afford…”

    No problem, Oblamer has just called on Congress to lower everybody’s monthly mortgage payment by $200-$300 dollars so they can spend it on other shit like going to dinner. We’ve got to put more waiters and waitresses to work.

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    11th May 2012 at 4:11 pm

  10. AWD says:

    Lipoh, the grand business magnate. Funny.

    He made the mistake of hiring the obese “low-skilled breeders”, who eventually ended up on SSDI. More funny shit.

    Too_Fat_To_Walk.jpg

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    11th May 2012 at 4:25 pm

  11. Colma Rising says:

    Admin: Doesn’t that pic of the thumb-ring dean’s list guy have a cup of coffee in it too?

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    11th May 2012 at 4:36 pm

  12. Thunderbird says:

    IIpoh says: “I have no sympathy for those who don’t pay their fair share in Federal Income Tax.”

    You are obviously one who believes in big government. I happen to disagree with you. Before WW2 income tax was voluntary. Now they are forced on wages; which I have always disagreed.

    What do you regard as fair share? 90% like the socialists and marxist like? Which one are you?

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    11th May 2012 at 4:43 pm

  13. Llpoh says:

    T-bird – I was doppelgänger. I suspect Colma. That said, I do not believe in big government. I also have a big problem with progressive tax rates. I am more of a user pays type of guy.

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    11th May 2012 at 6:41 pm

  14. Llpoh says:

    Doppelgänged.

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    11th May 2012 at 6:41 pm

  15. Llpoh says:

    T-bird – how long have you been reading this site? You do not know me? You must have the retentive memory of a fucking goldfish. You are calling out my doppelgänger but you really should know better. Please do not piss me off.

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    11th May 2012 at 6:44 pm

  16. DaveL says:

    “Llpoh says:

    T-bird – I was doppelgänged”

    Hurts like a cruller….donut.

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    11th May 2012 at 8:09 pm

  17. Colma Rising says:

    Wasn’t me….

    I think Stuchenganger dropped by earlier…. maybe him.

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    11th May 2012 at 8:37 pm

  18. Colma Rising says:

    Had me fooled even….

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    11th May 2012 at 8:38 pm

  19. Colma Rising says:

    Punk dropped in too. I’d wager it’s Punk.

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    11th May 2012 at 8:41 pm

  20. Llpoh says:

    Davel – I do not mind the Doppelgänging. I mind the nitwits who respond to them as tho I haven’t made my positions known viam thousands of posts. TBird has been around long enough to know me by now. If he is too clueless to have picked up on my positions,so be it, I guess.

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    11th May 2012 at 9:13 pm

  21. Llpoh says:

    Colma- like you’d own up. You would Doppelgänged me and then spend the nexthourhiding under your bed cowering and praying I would not discern the truth. Punk is also a good guess. Wish he would hang around.

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    11th May 2012 at 9:15 pm

  22. Llpoh says:

    Awd – I tend not to hire morbidly obese folk – they tend to be accident prone, have health problems, and work slow.

    Admin – it wasn’t me. But I agree with your post. Thumb-ring wearers should be flogged for their crimes.

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    11th May 2012 at 9:20 pm

  23. AKAnon says:

    I’m betting on Admin. He would have known a dopple, yet jumped right in with the thumb ring. Pretty crafty. And yes, I recognize the dopple straight away. Not llpoh’s style.

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    11th May 2012 at 9:27 pm

  24. cahuitabeachbound says:

    Chemist:

    I know what you mean. How do people fucking exist on 25k. I work in collections and it amazes me that people get by with no checking account. They use money orders or go to Walmart and and get a Green Dot card which they can load like a debit card.

    I collect on past due University of Phoenix accounts and I would love to write an article on the absolute scam U of P is. Google U of P and see some of the lawsuits they’re defending. Basically they’re committing student loan fraud. I also collect USAA and they are a first rate outfit. I’m proud to work for them. You cannot believe the arrogance of B of A to collect for. I’m digressing but I had a really bad day on the collection floor. Some of these fucking people……

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    11th May 2012 at 9:30 pm

  25. Novista says:

    llpoh

    IU never had a thumb ring. But I did find an old ruby ring I’d once worn that felt loose on my ring finger, so I put it on the index finger, good enough. Working at AT&T I took it off and put in my pocket for techy work but wore it otherwise.

    One of the Western Electric installers we had for a time wondered about why I wore it like that. So I can hit people, I replied. Har har har, he responded, sneered and sauntered off.

    A few hours later, he walked passed, sneered again. I reached across to grab his collar, let his momentum assist guding him around and feinted a chop at his neck. Eyes like saucers, he said, Damn martial arts guy, aint gonna laugh at you no mo. Fun.

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    11th May 2012 at 9:53 pm

  26. Administrator says:

    The doppleganger fooled me. I thought it was LLPOH. But now I know who it was. Remember the story of Christ being denied three times? That’s your clue.

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    11th May 2012 at 7:48 am

  27. Administrator says:

    Cahuita

    My next article is about the U of Phoenix scam. I’ll love to get your real life take on it.

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    11th May 2012 at 7:57 am

  28. Punk in Drublic says:

    Two words. Roommates.

    Living on 25 grand or less is pretty easy. Doing so without transfer payments or going into debt… Now that is tough.

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    11th May 2012 at 10:59 am

  29. Thuderbird says:

    Llpoh: Sorry about that.

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    11th May 2012 at 10:59 am

  30. Maddie's Mom says:

    ” How do people fucking exist on 25k.”

    They’re halfway to gone Galt.

    And they could probably teach the rest of us a thing or two.

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    11th May 2012 at 11:06 am

  31. Muck About says:

    Hey Punk! Long time no hear from. You get tired of all the monkey excrement here and went elsewhere?

    MA

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    11th May 2012 at 11:54 am

  32. Administrator says:

    Thunderbird

    That is the 1st apology ever on TBP. I might have to ban you.

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    11th May 2012 at 11:59 am

  33. Muck About says:

    @Maddie’s Mom:

    There will be a whole lot more living on a whole lot less by and by.

    I’m negotiating with a rancher who has a small spread behind where I live to lease us about 40 acres or so down the property line of our close knit little community for a nice long, narrow community garden. We’ll see how that turns out..

    We’d have to do a pile of soil building before much will grow in this sandpile called Florida dirt but it can be done.

    My sweetie and I grow an unbelievable amount of veggies in our own wee 150 ft. sq. garden (fenced to frustrate rabbits). Tomatoes, beans, squash of any sort, bell peppers of any color, just not enough room for corn and barely enough for a few hills of sweet ‘taters.. We can get two to three good crops a year here and compost everything back into the garden we don’t eat.

    I don’t know how much we save at the store doing this and really don’t care. It would be a measurable amount of money if we bothered to total it up, but I can sure tell you things taste a lot better fresh gathered straight to the kitchen, thence to the table! Besides, while it’s not fun it is indeed satisfying and good for the old bones and muscles.

    I sleep better after working the garden too, for some reason..

    There are ways to stretch an income of $25K or less if you add work and stir in a different direction.

    MA

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    11th May 2012 at 12:07 pm

  34. ThePessimisticChemist says:

    The average income of a family of four in my town is $20k. I’ve no idea how they do it.

    @MA – Fresh veggies are the best, that and the lack of light pollution are the two things I miss most from the farm.

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    11th May 2012 at 12:33 pm

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