The Battle for Healthcare in the US
…the premium you would pay, not income, and each person pays the same penalty regardless on income; however if you are older, the 5:1 ratio will apply to your penalty….
…the premium you would pay, not income, and each person pays the same penalty regardless on income; however if you are older, the 5:1 ratio will apply to your penalty….
…University’s Opportunity Insights lab: The US is missing about a fifth of its pre-pandemic low-income workforce. At least some of those workers moved to higher-paying jobs, but, after adjusting for…
Senator Elizabeth Warren introduces bill to stop credit checks in job application process “A bad credit rating is far more often the result of unexpected medical costs, unemployment, economic downturns,…
…hit. (link to chart) Update: My calculations show that that capital income grew $444 billion from 4th quarter 2012 to 4th quarter 2013. While labor income fell by $12 billion….
…the chart shows, the 30 huge companies that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average have barely nudged their employee ranks higher…” But this is even more astounding: Over the past…
…tested benefits. If one cares about the distribution of income at all, one should not ignore this. Consider a family with no cash income. They are not helped at all…
Political Calculations gives us this chart of median new home prices versus median incomes over the last 46 years. The rising tip at the upper right (!) is May 2013….
…help middle incomes. She would help middle incomes in the next crisis. That somehow makes me want a new crisis right away. The economy is proceeding with a permanent limp…
…median weekly wages declined substantially during each recession as well. Below I have broken out this data in chart form, showing the pre-recession high and recession or post-recession low in…
…of wealth and income. The 1 percent grows richer, while the middle-class get hollowed out and public infrastructures like the postal system get neglected or gutted. Not a new issue…