Median Household Income Is Falling...

Median Household Income Is Falling In Almost Every Single Major American City. 
 
Median household income is falling in the vast majority of U.S. states and in virtually every single major U.S. city.  According to the Census Bureau's annual survey of income and poverty in the United States, of the 52 largest metro areas in the nation, only the city of San Antonio did not see a decline in median household income in 2009.  Needless to say, that is not good news.  If incomes are falling from coast to coast, then how in the world can anyone claim that we are experiencing a "recovery"?  The truth is that we are not in the middle of an economic recovery.  What we are in the middle of is a long-term economic decline.  Incomes are going down and middle class American families find themselves squeezed like never before.  Meanwhile, unemployment has skyrocketed in recent years and it has become much harder to get a good job.  Less Americans than ever are able to achieve anything even close to resembling the American Dream.  Things are getting really tough out there, and as more jobs and factories leave the United States, as the U.S. government goes into even more debt and as the economy continues to implode things are going to get even worse. 
 

*In Detroit, median household income declined 10% to $48,535.

*In Orlando, median household income dropped almost 10% to $46,856.

*In Cleveland, median household income fell 8.5% to $45,395.

*In Miami, median household income declined 8.2% to $45,946.

*In Indianapolis, median household income dropped 7.1% to $50,140.

Remember, these declines were just in one single year.

And each year, 40 or 50 thousand dollars buys a whole lot less than it did the year before.  
 
Median Household Income Is Falling In Almost Every Single Major American City 
 

But what should we expect?  As the federal government continues to grow, Washington D.C. is rapidly becoming the center of the economy. 

Today, the average federal worker makes nearly twice as much in total compensation as the average worker in the private sector does.

Does that seem like a good thing to you?

Of course not.

We are descending into European-style socialism as a staggering rate and the private sector is dying a very slow and painful death.

In fact, it is becoming increasingly difficult to live a middle class lifestyle without working for the government these days. 
 
 
That has to stop, and soon.

Maybe if our Government would quit playing nursemaid to billionaires then maybe they could do something to help out the rest of us

"Maybe if our Government would quit playing nursemaid to billionaires then maybe they could do something to help out the rest of us "

" @Cezar_TheScribe: Or at the very least stop blowing tax money on their vacations  "

" @isaac_clarke: You're probably right it just pisses me off that while the middle and lower class are struggling to get by those assholes get to go chill on a beach on our dime "

I'm just sitting back and waiting for Entropy, the natural state of the universe, to reassert itself.

If I had superpowers, I would be pulling a Robin Hood on a daily basis..

" @Shadow_Thief said:

" I'm just sitting back and waiting for Entropy, the natural state of the universe, to reassert itself. "

The state of Entropy is definitely coming.  Just wait for it.  ; )    "

" LOL I was hoping to see a Halo or Dead Space live-action film one of these days.  ; ( "

" @Edamame said:

" LOL I was hoping to see a Halo or Dead Space live-action film one of these days.  ; ( "

DEAD SPACE MOVIE. IT MUST HAPPEN. GUNNER WRIGHT FOR ISSAC. YESSSSSSSSSSSS "

" @Edamame: Gunner Wright is literally Issac. They took his face and molded it onto a CGI character. Also his voice. "

"@Cezar_TheScribe:  European style socialism? Funny several European countries have higher scores in important categories such as life expectancy, suicide rate, divorce rate, overall happiness, and even two in GDP per capita. "

It is falling, and it hasn't hit the bottom yet.

Thank your/our corporate masters and the one political party masquerading as two (the Democrats and Republicans).

Walmart runs the US.

I try to shop elsewhere also but its not always easy.

@one_upper said:

@Cezar_TheScribe: European style socialism? Funny several European countries have higher scores in important categories such as life expectancy, suicide rate, divorce rate, overall happiness, and even two in GDP per capita.

Comparing the two countries in Europe with the highest in GDP per capita is like me comparing Manhattan to the Ukraine and showing the vast difference in GDP per capita trying to claim that the U.S. is way better off than the whole of Europe is. You have to look the average across the EU or better yet the entire region of Europe to get a good a decent comparison. Ukraine ($6,700.00) and Belarus ($13,600.00) have lower per capita GDP than Mexico ($13,900.00) does. I could go into giving more stats for different countries in Europe and not just the most high scoring ones which tends to happen in comparing the region of Europe to the United States. I'm not saying the U.S. is better or worse than certain countries I just get tired of people posting about Europe being so much better but excluding countries in Europe that are terribly well off making inaccurate comparisons. Not to mention the whole Greek debt crisis that is throwing Europe into chaos and is actually a much larger problem than the U.S. debt crisis since the U.S. has the institutions to be able to deal with the problem where EU does not. Now whether political will exists to deal with the problem is a whole other story.

@Cezar_TheScribe said:

Median Household Income Is Falling In Almost Every Single Major American City.

Median household income is falling in the vast majority of U.S. states and in virtually every single major U.S. city. According to the Census Bureau's annual survey of income and poverty in the United States, of the 52 largest metro areas in the nation, only the city of San Antonio did not see a decline in median household income in 2009. Needless to say, that is not good news. If incomes are falling from coast to coast, then how in the world can anyone claim that we are experiencing a "recovery"? The truth is that we are not in the middle of an economic recovery. What we are in the middle of is a long-term economic decline. Incomes are going down and middle class American families find themselves squeezed like never before. Meanwhile, unemployment has skyrocketed in recent years and it has become much harder to get a good job. Less Americans than ever are able to achieve anything even close to resembling the American Dream. Things are getting really tough out there, and as more jobs and factories leave the United States, as the U.S. government goes into even more debt and as the economy continues to implode things are going to get even worse.

*In Detroit, median household income declined 10% to $48,535.

*In Orlando, median household income dropped almost 10% to $46,856.

*In Cleveland, median household income fell 8.5% to $45,395.

*In Miami, median household income declined 8.2% to $45,946.

*In Indianapolis, median household income dropped 7.1% to $50,140.

Remember, these declines were just in one single year.

And each year, 40 or 50 thousand dollars buys a whole lot less than it did the year before.

Median Household Income Is Falling In Almost Every Single Major American City

But what should we expect? As the federal government continues to grow, Washington D.C. is rapidly becoming the center of the economy.

Today, the average federal worker makes nearly twice as much in total compensation as the average worker in the private sector does.

Does that seem like a good thing to you?

Of course not.

We are descending into European-style socialism as a staggering rate and the private sector is dying a very slow and painful death.

In fact, it is becoming increasingly difficult to live a middle class lifestyle without working for the government these days.


That has to stop, and soon.

Dude these stats are from 2009 right after the finicial crisis. Since then the U.S. economy has been rebounding slowly yes but has been rebounding. Detroit was hit majorly when the auto industry almost went belly up but has since started to recover and make profits as well. I know this is three months old by christ couldn't you have found more current numbers and posted links to a reliable site?

@gravitypress: I shop at Target

I wish we had a socialist party here.

The middle class is certainly shrinking. Also, America spends way too much money on the military. 

Maybe if our Government would quit playing nursemaid to billionaires then maybe they could do something to help out the rest of us

Blaming this on European style socialism obfuscates the seriousness of the matter.  Anyway most Europeans countries arent as messed up as the USA. 

Dude these stats are from 2009 right after the finicial crisis. Since then the U.S. economy has been rebounding slowly yes but has been rebounding. Detroit was hit majorly when the auto industry almost went belly up but has since started to recover and make profits as well. I know this is three months old by christ couldn't you have found more current numbers and posted links to a reliable site?

Blaming this on European style socialism obfuscates the seriousness of the matter.  Anyway most Europeans countries arent as messed up as the USA.