Given changes in the overall cost of living and not to mention the cost of key
components such as healthcare, AND the accuracy factor which you mentioned,
those statistics probably don't mean a lot, if anything.
I would think the "real" unemployment rate should be examined.
Earl
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On 10/29/2004 at 12:14 PM Evan Ruff wrote:
>Quick Point:
>
>The change from 2003 <- 2002 (Percent Distribution)
>
># Households between $10,000 - $34,999 : (31.9 vs 32) -1%
># Households between $35,000 - $74,999 : (33 vs 33.1) -1%
># Households of $75,000+ : (26.1 vs 25.9) +2%
>
>* I did not include households making earning than $9,999.
>
>While this data is by no means staggering, it does show that while the
>number of middle class is decreasing, the number of lower class is also
>decreasing. Americans are becoming wealthier. Not necessarily a bad sign.
>
>The number of people with health insurance also grew by 1 million. That's
>an
>uncorrected number, so I don't know if this is enough of an actual change
>to
>be outside the survey error, but at least it's something.
>
>OM Content: Hopefully this will continue and I can purchase that 21 f/2 I
>have my eye on.
>
>Evan
>
>Source: http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p60-226.pdf ... Page 35
>
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>
>
>
>
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>
>Bill, I'm not going to comment on your tax scheme just add this fact.
>The total wealth of the Fortune 400 wealthiest people in the US is equal
>to the total wealth of the 100 million poorest people, i.e. over 1/3 of
>the population so we are including much of the lower middle class.
>
>mike
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