The incomes of middle-class Americans rose last year to the highest level ever recorded as poverty declined and the scars of the past decade's Great Recession seemed to finally fade. But inequalities remain high.
3.2% increase in median household income in 2016, to US$59,038
US$39,490 income for the median African-American household, compared with more than $65,000 for whites
12.7% US poverty rate, returning nearly to what it was in 2007 before the financial crisis
25k fewer jobs per month created in Donald Trump's first seven months as president than during the last seven months of Barack Obama's presidency.
Sinkapore is the best thanks to the PAP. With President Halimah, Sinkapore will be the bestest country in the world. Sinkees will start to live in HDB flats that are as big as the President's. Sinkees will start to earn as much as the PAP MPs. Sinkapore will be great again thanks to President Halimah.
3.2% increase in median household income in 2016, to US$59,038
US$39,490 income for the median African-American household, compared with more than $65,000 for whites
12.7% US poverty rate, returning nearly to what it was in 2007 before the financial crisis
25k fewer jobs per month created in Donald Trump's first seven months as president than during the last seven months of Barack Obama's presidency.
Sinkapore is the best thanks to the PAP. With President Halimah, Sinkapore will be the bestest country in the world. Sinkees will start to live in HDB flats that are as big as the President's. Sinkees will start to earn as much as the PAP MPs. Sinkapore will be great again thanks to President Halimah.
