Ranks of Working Poor Growing Under Obama

The number of working Americans earning so little they lived in poverty reached 7.2 percent of the labor force in 2010, the highest level in at least two decades, the U.S government said on Friday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 7.6 percent of women among the working poor, compared to 6.7 percent of men. In 2009, the working poor rate was 7 percent.

Education made a huge difference. Among workers who had not graduated from high school, 21.4 percent lived below the official poverty line against only 2.1 percent of those with a university degree. The highest rate was amongst the unemployed looking for work during the year at 35.1 percent.

The official poverty line in 2010 was an annual income of $10,830 for a single person and $22,050 for a family of four.

Overall, the United States had 46.2 million people living in poverty that year, or 15.1 percent of the population o f all ages. The working poor totaled 10.5 million.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted a special survey in 2011 which it is used to calculate the figures, based on those who were in the labor force for at least 27 weeks either working or looking for work.

The rate for working poor was 5.5 percent in 1987, the furthest back that the BLS included in its report, and in 1999 it fell below 5 percent.

2012 Thomson/Reuters. All rights reserved.

Of course this is all Shrubs fault.

(04-07-2012 10:09 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Ranks of Working Poor Growing Under Obama

The number of working Americans earning so little they lived in poverty reached 7.2 percent of the labor force in 2010, the highest level in at least two decades, the U.S government said on Friday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 7.6 percent of women among the working poor, compared to 6.7 percent of men. In 2009, the working poor rate was 7 percent.

Education made a huge difference. Among workers who had not graduated from high school, 21.4 percent lived below the official poverty line against only 2.1 percent of those with a university degree. The highest rate was amongst the unemployed looking for work during the year at 35.1 percent.

The official poverty line in 2010 was an annual income of $10,830 for a single person and $22,050 for a family of four.

Overall, the United States had 46.2 million people living in poverty that year, or 15.1 percent of the population o f all ages. The working poor totaled 10.5 million.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted a special survey in 2011 which it is used to calculate the figures, based on those who were in the labor force for at least 27 weeks either working or looking for work.

The rate for working poor was 5.5 percent in 1987, the furthest back that the BLS included in its report, and in 1999 it fell below 5 percent.

2012 Thomson/Reuters. All rights reserved.

Well, considering this country has outsourced many of it's middle class jobs and now those people are only stuck with near minimum wage jobs, it is not at all surprising.

(04-07-2012 10:12 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Of course this is all Shrubs fault.

Actually. it started well before Shrub the results are just now in full awing.

(04-07-2012 12:03 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 10:09 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Ranks of Working Poor Growing Under Obama

The number of working Americans earning so little they lived in poverty reached 7.2 percent of the labor force in 2010, the highest level in at least two decades, the U.S government said on Friday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 7.6 percent of women among the working poor, compared to 6.7 percent of men. In 2009, the working poor rate was 7 percent.

Education made a huge difference. Among workers who had not graduated from high school, 21.4 percent lived below the official poverty line against only 2.1 percent of those with a university degree. The highest rate was amongst the unemployed looking for work during the year at 35.1 percent.

The official poverty line in 2010 was an annual income of $10,830 for a single person and $22,050 for a family of four.

Overall, the United States had 46.2 million people living in poverty that year, or 15.1 percent of the population o f all ages. The working poor totaled 10.5 million.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted a special survey in 2011 which it is used to calculate the figures, based on those who were in the labor force for at least 27 weeks either working or looking for work.

The rate for working poor was 5.5 percent in 1987, the furthest back that the BLS included in its report, and in 1999 it fell below 5 percent.

2012 Thomson/Reuters. All rights reserved.

Well, considering this country has outsourced many of it's middle class jobs and now those people are only stuck with near minimum wage jobs, it is not at all surprising.

Of course, high taxes and unionized workers had nothing to do with that.

It does not matter to Roberta, no matter what, he will loose ground the rest of his life. It's hopeless.

(04-07-2012 12:13 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 12:03 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 10:09 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Ranks of Working Poor Growing Under Obama

The number of working Americans earning so little they lived in poverty reached 7.2 percent of the labor force in 2010, the highest level in at least two decades, the U.S government said on Friday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 7.6 percent of women among the working poor, compared to 6.7 percent of men. In 2009, the working poor rate was 7 percent.

Education made a huge difference. Among workers who had not graduated from high school, 21.4 percent lived below the official poverty line against only 2.1 percent of those with a university degree. The highest rate was amongst the unemployed looking for work during the year at 35.1 percent.

The official poverty line in 2010 was an annual income of $10,830 for a single person and $22,050 for a family of four.

Overall, the United States had 46.2 million people living in poverty that year, or 15.1 percent of the population o f all ages. The working poor totaled 10.5 million.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted a special survey in 2011 which it is used to calculate the figures, based on those who were in the labor force for at least 27 weeks either working or looking for work.

The rate for working poor was 5.5 percent in 1987, the furthest back that the BLS included in its report, and in 1999 it fell below 5 percent.

2012 Thomson/Reuters. All rights reserved.

Well, considering this country has outsourced many of it's middle class jobs and now those people are only stuck with near minimum wage jobs, it is not at all surprising.

Of course, high taxes and unionized workers had nothing to do with that.

Yeah, we should just let corps pay no taxes and pay Chinese wages to workers.

(04-07-2012 04:00 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Yeah, we should just let corps pay no taxes and pay Chinese wages to workers.

Are lower wages for American workers and a smaller percentage of corp taxes being paid to the gov better than no American worker and no corp taxes being paid to the gov?

(04-07-2012 04:00 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 12:13 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 12:03 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 10:09 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Ranks of Working Poor Growing Under Obama

The number of working Americans earning so little they lived in poverty reached 7.2 percent of the labor force in 2010, the highest level in at least two decades, the U.S government said on Friday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 7.6 percent of women among the working poor, compared to 6.7 percent of men. In 2009, the working poor rate was 7 percent.

Education made a huge difference. Among workers who had not graduated from high school, 21.4 percent lived below the official poverty line against only 2.1 percent of those with a university degree. The highest rate was amongst the unemployed looking for work during the year at 35.1 percent.

The official poverty line in 2010 was an annual income of $10,830 for a single person and $22,050 for a family of four.

Overall, the United States had 46.2 million people living in poverty that year, or 15.1 percent of the population o f all ages. The working poor totaled 10.5 million.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted a special survey in 2011 which it is used to calculate the figures, based on those who were in the labor force for at least 27 weeks either working or looking for work.

The rate for working poor was 5.5 percent in 1987, the furthest back that the BLS included in its report, and in 1999 it fell below 5 percent.

2012 Thomson/Reuters. All rights reserved.

Well, considering this country has outsourced many of it's middle class jobs and now those people are only stuck with near minimum wage jobs, it is not at all surprising.

Of course, high taxes and unionized workers had nothing to do with that.

Yeah, we should just let corps pay no taxes and pay Chinese wages to workers.

Sorry...I must remind you....Only individuals pay taxes.

(04-07-2012 04:52 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 04:00 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 12:13 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 12:03 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 10:09 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Ranks of Working Poor Growing Under Obama

The number of working Americans earning so little they lived in poverty reached 7.2 percent of the labor force in 2010, the highest level in at least two decades, the U.S government said on Friday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 7.6 percent of women among the working poor, compared to 6.7 percent of men. In 2009, the working poor rate was 7 percent.

Education made a huge difference. Among workers who had not graduated from high school, 21.4 percent lived below the official poverty line against only 2.1 percent of those with a university degree. The highest rate was amongst the unemployed looking for work during the year at 35.1 percent.

The official poverty line in 2010 was an annual income of $10,830 for a single person and $22,050 for a family of four.

Overall, the United States had 46.2 million people living in poverty that year, or 15.1 percent of the population o f all ages. The working poor totaled 10.5 million.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted a special survey in 2011 which it is used to calculate the figures, based on those who were in the labor force for at least 27 weeks either working or looking for work.

The rate for working poor was 5.5 percent in 1987, the furthest back that the BLS included in its report, and in 1999 it fell below 5 percent.

2012 Thomson/Reuters. All rights reserved.

Well, considering this country has outsourced many of it's middle class jobs and now those people are only stuck with near minimum wage jobs, it is not at all surprising.

Of course, high taxes and unionized workers had nothing to do with that.

Yeah, we should just let corps pay no taxes and pay Chinese wages to workers.

Sorry...I must remind you....Only individuals pay taxes.

Eh...don't waste your time...Just put him on ignore.

(04-07-2012 04:52 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 04:00 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 12:13 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 12:03 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 10:09 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Ranks of Working Poor Growing Under Obama

The number of working Americans earning so little they lived in poverty reached 7.2 percent of the labor force in 2010, the highest level in at least two decades, the U.S government said on Friday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 7.6 percent of women among the working poor, compared to 6.7 percent of men. In 2009, the working poor rate was 7 percent.

Education made a huge difference. Among workers who had not graduated from high school, 21.4 percent lived below the official poverty line against only 2.1 percent of those with a university degree. The highest rate was amongst the unemployed looking for work during the year at 35.1 percent.

The official poverty line in 2010 was an annual income of $10,830 for a single person and $22,050 for a family of four.

Overall, the United States had 46.2 million people living in poverty that year, or 15.1 percent of the population o f all ages. The working poor totaled 10.5 million.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted a special survey in 2011 which it is used to calculate the figures, based on those who were in the labor force for at least 27 weeks either working or looking for work.

The rate for working poor was 5.5 percent in 1987, the furthest back that the BLS included in its report, and in 1999 it fell below 5 percent.

2012 Thomson/Reuters. All rights reserved.

Well, considering this country has outsourced many of it's middle class jobs and now those people are only stuck with near minimum wage jobs, it is not at all surprising.

Of course, high taxes and unionized workers had nothing to do with that.

Yeah, we should just let corps pay no taxes and pay Chinese wages to workers.

Sorry...I must remind you....Only individuals pay taxes.

Well, a corporation is a person.

(04-07-2012 05:24 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 04:52 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 04:00 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 12:13 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 12:03 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Well, considering this country has outsourced many of it's middle class jobs and now those people are only stuck with near minimum wage jobs, it is not at all surprising.

Of course, high taxes and unionized workers had nothing to do with that.

Yeah, we should just let corps pay no taxes and pay Chinese wages to workers.

Sorry...I must remind you....Only individuals pay taxes.

Well, a corporation is a person.

I'll be glad to explain it to you Robert..if you wish. I didn't think it would be necessary.

(04-07-2012 06:55 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 05:24 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 04:52 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 04:00 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-07-2012 12:13 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Of course, high taxes and unionized workers had nothing to do with that.

Yeah, we should just let corps pay no taxes and pay Chinese wages to workers.

Sorry...I must remind you....Only individuals pay taxes.

Well, a corporation is a person.

I'll be glad to explain it to you Robert..if you wish. I didn't think it would be necessary.

You have explained it many times already. I understand that corps(people) push their tax burden on others.