Median incomes up $5k under Trump

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

President Donald Trump claims that annual income for the typical household is up by an inflation-adjusted $5,000 since he took office.

is this Trumps you can keep your doctor lies that outrages so much , because I kept my doctor and not the 5k he says I should have .


Typical household or did you miss that part I am a typical household ... is that a NO or a yes that you made 5k more working normal hours ,,, not counting over time .. or is this to hard to figure out?

do you see no difference between these statements?

(1) median income is up $5,000,

and.

(2) 100% of households
saw a $5,000 increase.
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[wdmso]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

do you see no difference between these statements?

(1) median income is up $5,000,

and.

(2) 100% of households
saw a $5,000 increase.
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Ok define typical house hold
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

Ok define typical house hold
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It's "median", Wayne, OK? The data I posted said 'median' household income was up 5K.

Here's how you define median. Say there are 150 million households. You rank all of them based on income increase, and the median is the one halfway down/up. "Median" is the observation for which half of households had a larger increase, half had a lower increase. It's not the same as "average" which will be skewed by those at the top. "Median" is more telling than "average".

I'm sorry that not every single household got the same $5,000 raise. But the fact that you didn't, and some others didn't, means exactly zero. Many, many people got that raise and more.

I can admit Trump is a morally bankrupt scumbag, it would be idiotic to deny that. It's equally astounding to deny that the economy is booming, and that regular Americans are benefitting from the boom. You, Pete, Spence cannot admit that, despite how glaringly obvious it is, because you're too consumed with partisanship.

Try. Making. That. Wrong.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by wdmso

Ok define typical house hold
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you claimed that you were "typical"....so how do you define typical?...if you are working under a union contract you are not "typical" and your income is not tied to the health of the economy and business where the benefits of a good economy are being felt

"between 2017 and 2018, the share of workers represented by a union declined from 11.9 percent to 11.7 percent"