The standard wage for an American is $29,000: Social Security data reveals raw figures for the wealthiest country in the world.
All Americans pay Social Security taxes. So looking at Social Security for income data is fairly reliable. The new Social Security figures show that Americans continue to make a lot less than what the public tends to believe. For example, you may have seen mainstream shows with talking heads saying that someone making $200,000 a […]
The 4 Horsemen of the US Debt Apocalypse: 80 percent of federal government operation costs go to four areas in Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration, Veterans Affairs, and Department of Defense.
Here is a question you probably won’t find on Jeopardy: what is the actual risk of a U.S. default on its debt? The answer to that is none because the Federal Reserve has the magical power to create new debt to pay off old maturing debt. Must be nice to operate beyond the normal rules […]
Millennials are worse off than their parents: Millennials earn 20% less than baby boomers at same stage in life.
It is now official that Millennials are worse off than their parents. The Federal Reserve released a study showing that Millennials are as broke as we suspected. According to the figures released Millennials earn 20% less than baby boomers did at the same stage in life. This is a major reason why so many Millennials […]
Record 95.1 million Americans not in the labor force. The challenge of having an army of non-working adults.
The year definitely ended with a bang and the number of Americans not in the labor force is now at a record high as well. 95.1 million Americans are now floating in the “not in the labor force†category that finally got some mainstream attention in 2016. This is a big deal because you have […]