America’s Working Poor: How 12 Million Americans went from Working Poor to Food Stamps in Two Years. 38 Million Americans in Poverty by Government Statistics. The Importance of Education in Pulling People out of Poverty.
The middle class in America has been under assault for years but this recession only magnified the issue. Most Americans, 6 out of 10 own their home and this is where most of their wealth is stored. Yet the housing bubble bursting has wiped out much of what they once thought was part of their [...]
Unemployment Going Down yet Unemployment Insurance Payouts at Record High in March 2010? The Misleading Government Metrics of Unemployment Insurance. Extended Benefits Highlight a Shadow Market of Unemployed.
In March the Treasury reported a record amount of unemployment insurance being paid out. $15.4 billion was paid out yet claims have been falling since June of 2009. What gives? Well a large number of people are being shifted into EUC programs that are extended versions of unemployment insurance yet this data isn’t reported when [...]
Hourly Wages Down for the Month – Are Lower Paying Jobs with no Benefits the new Trend for Americans? 22 More Months like March and We’ll be Back to December of 2007.
For 26 long and arduous months the U.S. economy has been cutting jobs and setting up a situation where Americans had less and less money. This is problematic for an economy where such a large part of GDP growth comes from consumption. Yet on Friday we were notified that 162,000 jobs were added in the [...]