by Charles Hugh-Smith Rounding up the usual suspects won’t restore a vibrant middle class. What killed the middle class? The answer may well echo an Agatha Christie mystery: rather than there being one guilty party, it may be that each of …
via wbez.org: Maps courtesy of UIC Middle-income areas, pictured above in light yellow, made up half the city in 1970. Today, Chicago neighborhoods tend to be, on average, either low income (orange) or high income (blue). Chicago’s middle class, once …
Nan and Byron McKeeby from The Gateway Pundit reports, Video blogger Frank Ropiak lives in a part of Michigan that’s getting hit HARD with a massive blizzard and freezing temps. Also known historically as “Winter.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UY7DbcjjNg Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019… …
Unusual fog, thunderstorms, blizzard and lightning in Moscow and parts of Russia, the front is heading to Kazakhstan. More mixed up jet streams with electrical storms over Malta as Etna on Sicily erupts and a second major snow storm blankets …
via ocregister: In the poker match between President Donald Trump and China’s new all-but-emperor, Xi Jinping, it’s widely assumed that Xi holds the best hand. Yet President Xi’s hand may not be as awesome as it appears, while the United States, …
by howmuch The U.S. economy is booming. Republicans think President Trump deserves much of the credit for cutting business and individual tax rates combined with a deregulation agenda. And Democrats believe former President Obama rightfully deserves ownership for America’s recovery. Regardless of who gets credit, …
So a recession is looming? The natural chain of events is already in motion AC
by Leading_Breath Awhile back I asked why Georgetown is attended by so many young elite. It tops this list I am still confused as to why it is such an important university. Am I wrong to assume Ivy League Universities …
by howmuch Are you in the middle class? You probably think you are, according to new research from the Pew Research Center, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re right. It turns out household size is a major determiner of status in …
by axolotl_peyotl Craig Murray is one of the few folks with a voice that has the courage to make such an obvious statement. via craigmurray: The chaos of this incoherent and counterproductive strategy is, peculiarly enough, what the neocons actually …
Something you wont see broadcasted anywhere else. One of them mentions how their country of origin sells their daughters as sex slaves. The women are in Washington to show their support for Donald Trump, in spite of the democratic left’s …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Capital garners the gains, and labor’s share continues eroding. That’s the story of the 21st century. The middle class, virtually by definition, is not prepared for downward mobility. A systemic, semi-permanent decline in the standard of living isn’t …
by Michael Snyder The middle class has been steadily shrinking, but most Americans still believe that they are a part of it. Perhaps this is due at least in part to the egalitarian values which have been pounded into our heads …
Via ZeroHedge During 2000–2016, suicide rates among American workers (aged 16–64 years) jumped 34%, from 12.9 per 100,000 population to 17.3, according to a newly published report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Increasing suicide rates in the US are a concerning trend …
Commentary: 40% of the American middle class face poverty in retirement. How do we change that? https://t.co/3pArY3E7SW — CNBC (@CNBC) November 18, 2018 Some 40 percent of middle-class Americans are at risk of poverty in retirement, due to depressed earnings …
by MrMalarkeye I honestly believe the ruling class wants there to be a certain amount of homeless people. Like Carlin said, “The poor are there, just to scare the shit out of the middle class”. This could be why feeding/providing for …
by howmuch The U.S. economy is booming. Republicans think President Trump deserves much of the credit for cutting business and individual tax rates combined with a deregulation agenda. And Democrats believe former President Obama rightfully deserves ownership for America’s recovery. Regardless of who gets credit, …
by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Liberty Report Two jobs to stay afloat. Shrinkflation. Record Debt. The Fed is destroying the Middle Class. Today on The Liberty Report!
House GOP and White House Commit to 10% Middle-Class Tax Cut If They Keep Republican Majority – Sara A. Carter If the Republicans keep their majority in Congress, the middle-class may see nearly a 10% reduction in their taxes. The …
by Michael Snyder We just got more evidence that the middle class in America is rapidly disappearing. According to a shocking new study that was just released, 62 percent of all jobs in the United States do not pay enough …
By Bob Shanahan California now has the fifth largest economy in the world, recently surpassing the United Kingdom. But the state’s prioritization of identity politics, illegal immigrants, and anti-business policies have doomed the future of a once great state, resulting …
by Thinker The middle-class, the foundation of every nation. Supporting the the poor and the reason most businesses are functioning. While CEO’s of large corporations show their true colors by their salaries vs employee’s, it clear to see the true …
by Michael Snyder The middle class in America has been declining for decades, and we continue to get even more evidence of the catastrophic damage that has already been done. According to the Social Security Administration, the median yearly wage in …
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/trump-says-major-tax-cut-for-middle-income-people-coming-in-10-days President Trump said Saturday he plans to roll out a major tax cut to the middle class before November. “We are looking at putting in a very major tax cut for middle-income people. And if we do that it’ll …
From Charles Hugh Smith at Of Two Minds: What does it take to be middle class nowadays? Defining the middle class is a parlor game, with most of the punditry referring to income brackets as the defining factor. People tend to self-report …
From Robert Kiyosaki at the Daily Reckoning: Last December, Congress passed the largest U.S. tax system overhaul in more than 30 years—a $1.5 trillion tax cut, but America’s middle class will see less than a quarter of the savings under the legislation. …
by Michael Snyder We have repeatedly been told that the U.S. economy is “booming”, but meanwhile the middle class in the United States continues to be hollowed out. The financial bubbles that the Federal Reserve has created have been a great …
When I was in graduate school, I learned a lot about the Left. One lesson was that while most liberals and conservatives abide by society’s rules of order and decency, most leftists do not feel bound to live by these …
Exerpt from article “NEW YORK — Both men were longtime taxi drivers from Romania. Both were worried about paying their bills as Uber decimated their industry. They were best friends. And both had struggled with depression. Nicanor Ochisor’s wife dragged …
