How the American middle class has changed in the past five decades

Via Pew Research

The middle class, once the economic stratum of a clear majority of American adults, has steadily contracted in the past five decades. The share of adults who live in middle-class households fell from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

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A bar chart showing that the share of adults in U.S. middle class has decreased considerably since 1971

The shrinking of the middle class has been accompanied by an increase in the share of adults in the upper-income tier – from 14% in 1971 to 21% in 2021 – as well as an increase in the share who are in the lower-income tier, from 25% to 29%. These changes have occurred gradually, as the share of adults in the middle class decreased in each decade from 1971 to 2011, but then held steady through 2021.

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6 charts on how Germans and Americans view one another

Via Pew Research

German Chancellor Angela Merkel with U.S. President Donald Trump in Taormina, Italy, on May 2017. (Photo by Matteo Ciambelli/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in Washington this week to meet with President Donald Trump at a moment of tension in the transatlantic alliance. Discussions between the two leaders will likely feature some significant disagreements over issues such as the Iran nuclear deal, trade, climate change and military spending.

The German and American publics also have some different views about the current state of affairs between their two countries. Below are six charts on how Germans and Americans see one another and how German attitudes toward the United States have shifted in the Trump era.

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Pew: Americans Favor Freedom of Information over Protection from ‘Fake News’

Via Breitbart

The Pew Research center has released the results of a new poll that shows Americans of both parties do not support limitations on internet freedoms in order to fight so-called “false info” on social media.

A majority (58 percent) of Americans agreed with the statement that “freedom of information should be protected,” even if means “false info can be published.” This included a majority (57 percent) of Democrats.

Only 39 percent said that the U.S. government should “take steps to reduce false info online, even if it limits freedom of info.”

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GUN RELATED HOMICIDES HAVE BEEN FALLING FOR 20 YEARS

Everyone knows that right wing gun loving organization Pew Research surely skews the data. Right? The charts below paint the true picture of gun violence in the U.S. The homicide by gun rate has declined by over 50% since 1993. Over this time the number of guns owned by Americans has skyrocketed. Wow!!! That doesn’t match the gibberish being spewed by Obama and his gun hating minions.

From 2009 to 2014, the most recent year data are available, the number of gun homicides has hovered around 11,000 and 12,000 per year. And guess where the majority of those homicides occurred? Yep. They occurred in the urban ghettos where young black men shoot other young black men with ILLEGAL guns. Don’t they know they can’t kill with illegally obtained guns? There should be a law. The majority of homicides are committed in cities completely run by Democrats who have the toughest gun laws in the country. The hypocrisy of these liberal Democrat politicians lecturing white Americans about clinging to their guns is breathtaking to behold.

The nation’s overall gun death rate has declined 31% since 1993. This total includes homicides and suicides, in addition to a smaller number of fatal police shootings, accidental shooting deaths and those of undetermined intent. The rate of nonfatal gun victimizations declined in a similar way to the gun death rate, with a large drop in the 1990s – 63% between 1993 and 2000. The decline since then has been more uneven. In 2014, there were 174.8 nonfatal violent gun victimizations per 100,000 people ages 12 and older.

But we know facts don’t matter in left wing America today. You see, a narrative spewed by the liberal mainstream media, corrupt politicians, brain dead celebrities, and believed by public school indoctrinated non-thinkers trumps facts every time. Pew’s own research bears that out. In their 2013 survey, more than half (56%) of Americans said the number of gun crimes had gone up compared with 20 years ago. Another 26% said the number of gun crimes had remained the same, and just 12% said gun crimes had declined.

The power of propaganda, misinformation and outright lies has convinced the majority of Americans that gun violence has been rising, when it has PLUNGED over the last 20 years. Obama and his minions never fail to take advantage of a crisis or mass shooting by an Islamic terrorist. They desperately want to get guns out of the hands of white Americans who can think critically. Whenever a brain dead liberal starts blathering about gun violence, send them the charts below and tell them to learn how to think rather than believe a false narrative that feels good.

 

Gun Violence Has Declined Since '90s


 

ACED IT BITCHEZ!!!

We are a country of maroons. Pew Research conducted a survey of Americans last week regarding basic facts that every American should know about the world. It consisted of 12 questions. I got all 12 correct in the one minute it took me to complete the quiz. The results of the quiz on a national basis are mind boggling and confirms everything we think about the ignorant zombie masses staring at their iGadgets. Being connected doesn’t make you smart or aware of what is happening in the world.

Take the quiz by clicking HERE, before reading my comments.

Get a load of these results:

  • Only 1% of Americans got all 12 question correct. I made it into the 1%. Yippee!!!
  • 58% of Americans got less than 6 answers correct.
  • 33% of Americans got less than 4 answers correct. It’s a multiple choice quiz with only four options. You could guess randomly and get 3 answers correct.
  • Sorry women. Men answered 11 of the 12 questions more accurately than women.
  • It does appear that college makes you smarter, but not necessarily smart.
  • Young people are dumb. Hysterically, the only question they aced was the level of the minimum wage. I guess they know that one because that’s what they are making, based upon their clear lack of intelligence.
  • Only 33% of Americans know the unemployment rate.
  • Only 20% of Americans know that Social Security is the highest spending item in the budget.
  • Only 20% of Americans know the poverty rate.
  • Only 24% of Americans know the name of the chairperson of the Federal Reserve.

The ignorance is breathtaking to behold. But, I bet that more than 75% of ignorant Americans know the name of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s bastard baby. If so few people know who runs the Federal Reserve, imagine how many Americans understand inflation and currency debasement. We are truly doomed. And we deserve everything we are going to get. We are a country of morons, run by morons, for morons. Morons unite.