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Originally Posted by slapass
1985 the population was 237 with 6 million SSI/welfare for 2.5%
2012 population was 318 with 9 million on SSI/welfare for 2.8%.
That is higher by 10% so I am not sure if that is the recession at that time or? Un employment was much higher. That might effect it or we have a long term higher trend going on. It is still super low as far as overall population.
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As jobs paying a decent wage decline, the population grows. When do we reach a point where more are sharing less?
It's already happening. The average family income is dropping. Just having job hides the truth. Many of those jobs pay so little the taxes raised aren't covering the costs of running a modern country. Being able to more than the basics so affecting the retail market. Which has a knock on affect of putting those people out of a job.