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MikeWaters · 07-23-2008, 08:24 PM

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America's middle class is increasingly squeezed by sagging incomes and soaring expenses, experts told Congress on Wednesday.

Adjusted for inflation, median household income dropped by $1,175 between 2000 and 2007, said Elizabeth Warren, professor at Harvard Law School, in written testimony before the Joint Economic Committee.

At the same time, the average family is spending $4,655 more on basic expenses, such as gas, housing, food and health insurance. Gas alone costs $2,195 more for a family making the same commute in May 2008 as it did eight years earlier.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/23/news...ion=2008072313

Indy Coug · 07-23-2008, 08:33 PM

Personally? I'm making 120% more than I did in 2000. If I take into account benefits, I'm making 130% more.

Levin · 07-23-2008, 08:34 PM

I'm not going to credit my good fortune to the GOP president.

MikeWaters · 07-23-2008, 08:35 PM

People in my job were making the same amount 8 years ago, approximately.

Wages have decreased via inflation.

Tex · 07-23-2008, 08:37 PM

My success does not depend on who is in office. But if you're asking if I'm better off than I was in 2000 the answer is HELL YES.

TripletDaddy · 07-23-2008, 08:38 PM

In 2000 I had no children. Now I have 3.

George W Bush has made me fertile!

SeattleUte · 07-23-2008, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

In 2000 I had no children. Now I have 3.

George W Bush has made me fertile!

You've said you have teenage children.

TripletDaddy · 07-23-2008, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

You've said you have teenage children.

This, my friend, would be false. When did I claim to have teenage children?

Indy Coug · 07-23-2008, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

In 2000 I had no children. Now I have 3.

George W Bush has made me fertile!

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't think the thread title claimed cause and effect.

Levin · 07-23-2008, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't think the thread title claimed cause and effect.

Yes it did, by very strong implication.

07-23-2008, 08:34 PM	#3
Levin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,484	I'm not going to credit my good fortune to the GOP president. __________________ "Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12

07-23-2008, 08:37 PM	#5
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	My success does not depend on who is in office. But if you're asking if I'm better off than I was in 2000 the answer is HELL YES. __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young

07-23-2008, 08:38 PM	#6
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	In 2000 I had no children. Now I have 3. George W Bush has made me fertile! __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

07-23-2008, 08:33 PM	#2
Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	Personally? I'm making 120% more than I did in 2000. If I take into account benefits, I'm making 130% more.

07-23-2008, 08:35 PM	#4
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	People in my job were making the same amount 8 years ago, approximately. Wages have decreased via inflation.