Poll: Most of us can't get ahead

[Algorem]

http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business/1125480813285431.xml&coll=2

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

More than half of Americans surveyed say their family income is falling behind the cost of living, and another third say they are just keeping up with higher living costs, a poll commissioned by the AFL-CIO says.

The survey released Tuesday reported that just 11 percent of respondents -- concentrated among families with annual income of $75,000 or more -- consider their family income to be rising faster than the cost of living. Women, non-college graduates, and rural or small-town residents were more pessimistic about keeping pace with costs than men, college graduates and city dwellers.

Among the 53 percent of workers who said their incomes were falling behind, fewer than a third reported doing better than their parents at the same point in life.

Even most workers under 35 -- who often have a rosier view of their economic prospects than middle-aged or older workers -- said they were worried rather than hopeful...

[MN ChimpH8R]

1. Chimpy's America

Gotta love it! At least gays can't get married. :sarcasm: :yoiks:

[A Simple Game]

4. Whewwww,

I was starting to worry for a while there.

Thanks for the reminder.

[defiant1]

2. Snooze....

What about American's making under $75,000 a year?

I hate polls. Useless statistics.

[Delphinus]

3. Why don't they survey the 89%

who don't make $75,000 per year?!

Jeez, I'm so tired of dealing with people who've got their heads stuck up their ass!

[against all enemies]

5. They did, reread the post.

[Delphinus]

8. Thank you -

my eyes focused in on that 11% and the rest of it just didn't sink in. :)

[geckosfeet]

6. Not getting any better soon either.

"There's no question gas will hit $4 a gallon," Ben Brockwell, director of pricing at the Oil Price Information Service, said. "The question is how high will it go and how long will it last?"

I would also ask, how bad is it going to hurt the country.

Thanks a bunch Bush.

[wli]

9. I won't live to see the end of it.

Then again, I suspect it'll be long enough I won't want to.

[geckosfeet]

10. I'm with you. Pearly gates here I come. n/t

[SoCalDem]

7. In 1973 we made 12K a year..had health insurance

that was employer-paid, had a new-ish car..lived well (even though we did pay large doctor bills for our son (80-20 insurance)..We took vacations, bought gas, paid bills,ate out at least twice a week (at nice places) even saved money...

Relatively speaking, we had "more" then..on less money..

[zara]

11. "Our lives may suck but at least the gay loving, baby killing, atheistic..

lie-berals are not wrecking our culture any more"
Thus spoketh the backlash.
What's the matter with Kansas.

[kodi]

12. shut up and keep working, massa's got his eye on you.

we are raising the first american generation ever where they will have less security than their parents.

it will bust apart the social fabric at its seams.

and it did not have to be that way. that is the tragedy, it did not have to be that way.

[saigon68]

13. Wait for the riots