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Old 06-19-2017, 12:34 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam View Post
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That chart is a joke -- meaningless but great cherry picking propaganda. FAKE CHART!!!

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BOTTOM 20%	YEAR
31.90%	          1968
23.61%	          1988
22.79%	          2000
18.12%	          2015
source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-sur...olds/h01ar.xls

The historical trend is that the are LESS people in the bottom 20% of wage earners. The problem in the USA in the last 20 years is that the number of 'unemployables' has grown. These unemployables for the most part have nothing to offer in the way of contemporary skills. Maybe, one third could be trained to acquire new skills. The rest are of limited intelligence and UBI (universal income) candidates or ...(well, let's not go there).

1968 was a pivot year. Both Medicare and the Civil Rights Act took effect.
Your chart is meaningless and there are more people in the bottom 20%. By using percentages and not counting the unemployed the figures are manipulated.







The problems we face today aren't created by the economy, they're due to automation, globalisation and migration. The number of people with nothing to offer is growing by the day.

As for better training, will you pay more in taxes for better schools and teachers?

Did I read this increase wrong?

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Families in the lowest sector of income. 

2015.......22,800
2014.......21,432
2013.......21,000
2013.......20,900
2012.......20,599
2011.......20,262
2010.......20,000
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