It Takes More to Make Ends Meet + Many Low-Wage Jobs Seen as Failing to Meet Basic Needs + The Basic Economic Security Tables

[mEDITate-OR:
assume that all "The Pigs" are equal...
even when you KNOW that they are not.
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So...
even when we know that "poverty" and food stamp use are way up...
we do not even see the real picture.
You can "bank on this"...
even if you can't bank on anything else.
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median CEO pay at 158 S&P 500 companies jumped 27 percent in 2010
while the rest of us working schlubbs in private industry saw compensation grow just 2.1 percent in the 12 months ended December 2010
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The disparity between income seems even worse, because the rising tide has not exactly lifted all boats. While there have been employment gains over the past year, the situation remains grim for many Americans. 7.7 million jobs have vanished during the recession; there are 13.5 million Americans currently unemployed; 8.4 million are working part time for economic reasons, and about 4 million more workers have left the labor force.
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It Takes More to Make Ends Meet
http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/financial-decoder/jobs-report-march-springs-back/3615/
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Many Low-Wage Jobs Seen as Failing to Meet Basic Needs
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/01/business/economy/01jobs.html?_r=2&hp
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The Basic Economic Security Tables
http://www.wowonline.org/usbest/
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