If your sitting there scratching your testicles wondering what is wrong here it is. After you check the figures Kadizzle will comment.
The income distribution in the United States remains highly skewed, reflecting significant disparities:
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Top 1% and Top 10%:
- The top 1% of earners capture 19% of total income.
- The top 10% of households collectively receive approximately 45% of all income【6†source】【9†source】.
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Middle 80% (10th to 90th percentile):
- Middle-income households (roughly the 50th to 90th percentiles) primarily rely on labor income, which makes up more than 75% of their earnings. Transfer payments (e.g., Social Security) contribute more to middle-income families than to those in the lowest income deciles【9†source】.
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Lowest 10%:
- Households in the bottom 10% account for less than 1% of total income. Their income predominantly comes from transfer payments, with little reliance on labor or capital income【9†source】.
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General Median Income:
- The median household income increased to $80,610 in 2023, showing a 4% growth from the prior year【6†source】【8†source】.
For a detailed interactive visualization of income percentiles and decile breakdowns, tools like the U.S. Census Bureau and the BEA provide in-depth charts and calculators.
OK, slow learners. What happens when 1% get 19% ? Gee that means the pie for everyone else just shrunk big time. Now, give 45% to the top 10%. Gee golly the top 10% ate half the pie. Unless you are brain dead you can see most people are nibbling on very little pie.
So what? Well when you are busted flat that puts you in the mood to listen to Trump. Trump will tell you it is not the rich that are robbing you, nope it is the deep state, the immigrants, the welfare cheats, and we all know the minorities are a problem. Why would Trump lie to you? Trump's greed, and Elon's greed is unlimited. They just want more. So Republicans it turns out are the problem with their unrestrained greed. 400 families have half the wealth of the United States, the want more.
ReplyDelete… There's a Vietnam vet with a cardboard sign
Sitting there by the left turn line
The flag on his wheelchair flapping in the breeze
One leg missing and both hands free
… No one's paying much mind to him
The V.A. budget's just stretched so thin
And now there' s more coming back from the Mideast war
We can't make it here anymore
… And that big ol' building was the textile mill
That fed our kids and it paid our bills
But they turned us out and they closed the doors
'Cause we can' t make it here anymore
… You see those pallets piled up on the loading dock
They're just gonna sit there 'til they rot
'Cause there's nothing to ship, nothing to pack
Just busted concrete and rusted tracks
… Empty storefronts around the square
There's a needle in the gutter and glass everywhere
You don't come down here unless you're looking to score
We can't make it here anymore
… The bar's still open but man it' s slow
The tip jar's light and the register' s low
The bartender don't have much to say
The regular crowd gets thinner each day
… Some have maxed out all their credit cards
Some are working two jobs and living in cars
Minimum wage won't pay for a roof, won't pay for a drink
If you gotta have proof just try it yourself, Mr. CEO
See how far $5.15 an hour will go
Take a part time job at one your stores
I bet you can't make it here anymore
… There's a high school girl with a bourgeois dream
Just like the pictures in the magazine
She found on the floor of the laundromat
A woman with kids can forget all that
… If she comes up pregnant what'll she do
Forget the career and forget about school
Can she live on faith? Live on hope?
High on Jesus or hooked on dope
When it's way too late to just say no
You can't make it here anymore
… Now I'm stocking shirts in the Wal-Mart store
Just like the ones we made before
'Cept this one came from Singapore
I guess we can't make it here anymore
… Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin
Or the shape of their eyes or the shape I'm in
Should I hate 'em for having our jobs today
No, I hate the men sent the jobs away
… I can see them all now, they haunt my dreams
All lily white and squeaky clean
They've never known want, they'll never know need
Their shit don't stink and their kids won't bleed
Their kids won't bleed in their damn little war
And we can't make it here anymore
… Will work for food, will die for oil
Will kill for power, and to us the spoils
The billionaires get to pay less tax
The working poor get to fall through the cracks
… So let 'em eat jellybeans let 'em eat cake
Let 'em eat shit, whatever it takes
They can join the Air Force or join the Corps
If they can't make it here anymore
… So that's how it is, that's what we got
If the president wants to admit it or not
You can read it in the paper, read it on the wall
Hear it on the wind if you're listening at all
Get out of that limo, look us in the eye
Call us on the cell phone, tell us all why
… In Dayton, Ohio or Portland, Maine
Or a cotton gin out on the great high plains
That's done closed down, along with the school
And the hospital, and the swimming pool
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There's rats in the alley and trash in the street
Gang graffiti on a boxcar door
We can't make it here anymore
Trump's greed... Donald Trump chose not to take the presidential salary of $400,000 per year during his time in office. Instead, he donated his quarterly salary to various government agencies and initiatives, such as the National Park Service, the Department of Health and Human Services, and veterans' programs. This was often highlighted by Trump and his supporters as a gesture of his commitment to public service.
DeleteCritics, however, argue that his businesses may have benefitted financially during his presidency, such as through government spending at Trump-owned properties or his refusal to divest fully from his business empire. These points are part of broader discussions on ethics and potential conflicts of interest.