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Posted: Feb 24, 2011

http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/pages/interactive#/?start=1989&end=2008

The state of the American Worker.

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Me too. That picture is worth 10,000 words. - sm

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Despite these verifiable facts, there are those who would continue to throw hand over fist more and more and more up to those top 10 percenters, to their own detriment, I might add. I just really dont get it.

Have you noticed how every time - sm

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you post stats such as these, a hush settles over the crowd and you can almost hear a pin drop?

What I totally enjoy - is how it is buried.

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Do you also enjoy being a bottom feeder while the top 10 - keep you and your family flatlined?

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Just curious.

Speaking for myself, I'm tired of it and am glad the unions - are there for people. nm

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nm

Oops! I was being sarcastic - I have been working at home alone too long.

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I think everyone can hear what I am really thinking! Sorry.

shhh, don't tell anyone but... - independentMT

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it took all of 3 minutes of research to find that EPI is a left-leaning organization.

Lawrence Mishel is president of the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., a progressive think-tank that seeks to advance the interests of American workers. He has been at EPI since 1987, first serving as Research Director, then as Vice-president and in 2002 became President.

Even better is this tidbit:

Paul Krugman, a Nobel laureate in economics and a noted progressive columnist, argued in Nov. '08 that, given the centrist makeup of President Barack Obama's economic inner circle, the new Economic Recovery Advisory Board could be used to "give progressive economists a voice," and mentioned Mishel among others as a progressive economist who might be suitable for the board.

Must be why CNN picked on this as newsworthy - almost right wing, ya know

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It takes a bit longer than 3 minutes to read the fine print - sm

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and discover the impeccible methodology used in the study that produced this graph. Seems the real source is final IRS tax statistics, a nonpartisan institution whose records are available to the public 24/7/365 for those among us interested in getting at the truth. Why, I bet even Paul Krugman would endorse the IRS.

If voluntary ignorance floats your boat, go for it. If not, then scroll down to the bottom of the graph, copy and paste the link embedded in the source shadow box and take a gander at the bottom of the page that it brings up. That is, if its not too much trouble.

These petty snipes do nothing whatsoever to change the facts, that most dreaded F word.

yeah, it's too much trouble - independentMT

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Before I get worked up about a study or anything of the sort, I will verify who is behind the numbers - right or left. That's all I need. Call it voluntary ignorance if you want, but I call it knowing where the agenda is coming from.

By the way, I never said the chart was wrong. I want to know who is putting together the information. We all know that numbers can be interpreted to favor one side or the other. It's not difficult to do - ask any actuary.

I never criticized the EPI or even the president of the organization. I merely pointed out that it is a left-leaning group. So what? He's probably a great guy and the organization probably does some good things - I don't know for sure. I'm not familiar with the group, so I did a quick search to see what the background it.

Petty snipes? My goodness, take a deep breath and lighten up.

Do tell. This is pretty simple math here. - sm

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Compile individual income totals as reported to IRS, which does not lean left or right, break them out into top 1, 1-5, 5-10 and bottom 90 percentile clusters, determine which groups income rose and which declined, construct pie chart of top 10 percent and entitle it income growth, slice the pie and notice that the smaller your group percentile is, the greater piece it gets. Since the bottom 90 percent saw their incomes decline over the same amount of time, construct X-Y axis graph and compare each groups rise and fall ratio.

A hand calculator is all you need to do these numbers, which also do not lean left or right, nor do they lie. These are simple percentages that make a clear statement. No actuary is required. A 9th grader could easily do this.

If you are content to see your income decline year after year after year while the top tiers suck our economy dry, knock yourself out. Just dont expect the rest of us to sit around on our duffs moaning about how much trouble it is to get worked up over being screwed over.

Bottom 90% here, too. Couldn't even see it, - until I looked really close.

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I guess the working-poor in American have flatlined, paywise.

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