What about all the people who are employed and off welfare, doesn't that count in the statistics?
How do they calculate a welfare queen being forced off welfare into a minimum wage job? How do you divide her pay by hours worked when her hours worked = 0? Don't you get a divide by zero error? Wages might have gone down by 6%, but taxes have gone down much more. What about the cost of a mortgage? Way down since 1981. --- Profox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The premise of the article is wrong. Conservatives have governed very well > >17 out of the last 25 > >years as all your paychecks can attest. > > RepbliCONS/Conservatives did not control all three > branches until the last 5 years. During the other 20 of > the 25 years Democrats controlled at least one, if not > two branches of government thereby blocking bad > RepubliCON legislation. > > If we were to accept your premise of 17 out of 25 > we'd have to give Democrats a great deal of the > credit because they controlled the Senate 11 of > those 25 years, the House 15 of 25 and President > for 8 of 25. > > However, as it turns out, real wages for the average > american have declined by 6% since 1980, although > they did get an increase during Bill Clinton's terms > in office. Not only that, but hours worked based > on households has gone up 25% since 1980. > > So, essentially the average american has seen their > wages go down but the number of hours worked > go up and all that during a period when productivity > gains of over 30% helped boost the overall economy. > > > Jim Eddins > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
