Get used to the idea that you will never retire: GAO report shows that half of Americans 55 and older have no retirement savings at all.
Some of you might remember the glossy highly produced advertisements back in the early 1980s when Wall Street decided it was time to turn American retirement plans into casinos. The slow and agonizing death of the pension plan was supposed to be replaced by the beautiful and wonderful world of the 401(k) plan. Save for […]
The Average Net Worth by Age: The massive financial chicanery brought on by housing equity figures and the new real estate bubble.
The best indicator of wealth is your net worth. Take you assets and subtract out your liabilities. It should come as no surprise to most Americans that half of this country is living paycheck to paycheck. One third of Americans have zero dollars for their net worth or in many cases for young Americans, have […]
Trends in low wage America: 1.4 million waiter/bartender jobs gained while 1.4 million manufacturing jobs lost since 2007. Top 4 employment sectors pay $10 an hour or less.
The media pundits are scratching their heads as to why two political outsiders are garnering all the attention. You want to know why? Both are addressing the low wage epidemic plaguing the country. Now we can debate their policies since both stand at the extreme opposite ends of the spectrum but their message is clear […]
1 out of 3 American workers support the rest of the country: Those not in the labor force surges to another record at 93,770,000.
The latest employment figures did not help the market. While the unemployment rate remained unchanged this is largely being driven by the massive number of Americans not in the labor force. This is the biggest employment story going on for a couple of years but is completely ignored by the media. It is also conveniently […]