Monday-
Hillary Clinton has pneumonia
Almost faints at 9/11 event
She cancels her upcoming events
Tuesday-
Baseball is a ‘white man’s sport’ controversy
Ryan lochte
Suspended from swimming
Claimed to be robbed
Lochte was drunk
“Over-exaggerated”
Men interrupted Lochte’s performance on Dancing With The Stars
They attacked/protested against the allowance of Lochte being on the show
Middle Class Pay
Median household income rose to $56,000 in 2015
(median is not an average, but the number that falls in the middle of the data)
That’s up 5.2% from 2014
*The median income in 1999 was higher than current median income
Our highest median since 1999 was in 2007
2008- severe recession/depression
Stocks
Etc
Obama spent over 1 trillion dollars in his first 2 months of office
Income and economy value dropped
¼ of average middle class income is given to the government through taxes
Middle class would be much better off if the income tax was around 10%
Poverty
Standards for living in poverty
Daily budget- $1-1.50 a day
Salary per year- $12000
Two people (married)- $15000
Children- $24000
Eight people- $40000
Monthly pays
House payments
Car insurance
Food, water, electrical
Phone bill
Cable
Garbage
Credit card bill
Hmu
Food
dental/medical insurance (life insurance)
Insurances
15% of americans living in poverty
… people in the world
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