ISSUES
Income Inequality
This chart came from the July/August 2011 issue of Mother Jones.
It shows that since 1979 there has been an extreme divergence between the productivity of salaried workers and their pay. The blue line represent average wages, while the yellow line represents productivity. The red line represents the average income of the top 1%.
Adjusting for inflation, Over the past 40 years, CEO pay has increased more than 240% while the average worker's pay has increased by less than 10%.
For those who folks who say people just aren't working hard enough, this chart proves that the 99% have increased productivity by 80%, while their wages have remained stagnant.
Check out this link to a quick 5 minute TED talk by Nick Hanauer. Not only does it use this very same graphic, but he describes how and why the Middle Class are actually the real 'Job Creators'.. Seriously, check it out!! You'll be glad you did!
It shows that since 1979 there has been an extreme divergence between the productivity of salaried workers and their pay. The blue line represent average wages, while the yellow line represents productivity. The red line represents the average income of the top 1%.
Adjusting for inflation, Over the past 40 years, CEO pay has increased more than 240% while the average worker's pay has increased by less than 10%.
For those who folks who say people just aren't working hard enough, this chart proves that the 99% have increased productivity by 80%, while their wages have remained stagnant.
Check out this link to a quick 5 minute TED talk by Nick Hanauer. Not only does it use this very same graphic, but he describes how and why the Middle Class are actually the real 'Job Creators'.. Seriously, check it out!! You'll be glad you did!
Information about how our economy got into this mess in the first place.
Click this link to watch a quick movie called Heist Who stole the American dream.
Here's a link to a two minute video of Robert Reich explaining the truth about our economy.
Check out this link (click here) that tells the story of Citizens United. Here's an interesting development about Arizona Senators John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse asking the U.S. Supreme Court let Montana's century-old ban on corporate money in political campaigns stand. Click here to add your name to a petition to get rid of Citizen's United.
This link explains the bank bail-outs.
The Real cost of the war on drugs
And the Private prison industrial complex
Here's an explanation of lobbying and lobbyists.
Here's a link to a two minute video of Robert Reich explaining the truth about our economy.
Check out this link (click here) that tells the story of Citizens United. Here's an interesting development about Arizona Senators John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse asking the U.S. Supreme Court let Montana's century-old ban on corporate money in political campaigns stand. Click here to add your name to a petition to get rid of Citizen's United.
This link explains the bank bail-outs.
The Real cost of the war on drugs
And the Private prison industrial complex
Here's an explanation of lobbying and lobbyists.