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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 13 2016, 01:34 PM (239 Views) | |
| Axtremus | Sep 13 2016, 01:34 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Average Americans Just Got A Huge Income Boost https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/09/13/income-poverty-and-health-insurance-united-states-2015 The latest report shows that median household income have risen by 5.2% in 2015, supposedly the sharpest rise in a long time. It's yuuuge! So ... you guys felt 5.2% richer in 2015 compared to 2014? |
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| Aqua Letifer | Sep 13 2016, 01:35 PM Post #2 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Uh, no. I'm precisely as poor then as now. In fact with inflation I'm losing money. But as long as I can keep it all afloat I really don't give a shit. |
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| Catseye | Sep 13 2016, 01:39 PM Post #3 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Exactly 50% (plus or minus one unit) felt richer than me, and 50% (plus or minus one unit) felt poorer than me. But wait, that's if I'm median. Maybe I'm not. I don't know where I am, so the answer is: I don't know. |
| "How awful a knowledge of the truth can be." -- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex | |
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| George K | Sep 13 2016, 02:45 PM Post #4 |
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Finally
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Data adjusted for inflation:![]() Source (I added the 2015 numbers): http://www.davemanuel.com/median-household-income.php |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Rainman | Sep 13 2016, 04:55 PM Post #5 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Yes, more money!!! Except I'm paying a fortune for health care, it's going up and up. Groceries/inflation. Every "necessity" i.e., Comcast, conveniently raises their rates. Net result? Guess. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Sep 13 2016, 05:05 PM Post #6 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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| Copper | Sep 13 2016, 05:10 PM Post #7 |
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Shortstop
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So maybe we should get into the healthcare business. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Larry | Sep 14 2016, 09:38 PM Post #8 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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| Larry | Sep 15 2016, 05:56 AM Post #9 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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| George K | Sep 15 2016, 06:00 AM Post #10 |
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Finally
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Here: Let me help.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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