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> the poor have gotten poorer I'd love to see any evidence for the notion that the poorer have gotten poorer since 2008. (I don't dispute that the rich have go

> the poor have gotten poorer I'd love to see any evidence for the notion that the poorer have gotten poorer since 2008. (I don't dispute that the rich have gotten richer.) FYI median household income is up since 2008: https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=3kv6 https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=3kv6

dnautics 11y ago
look at real median personal income - it's still way down. During recessions, households tend to consolidate for savings purposes... If your argument depends on "people are struggling and aggregating to survive at the lowest levels of maslow's hierarchy" then fine.
hashberry 11y ago
What about the number of Americans receiving food stamps? 2008: 28 million 2016: 45 million http://www.trivisonno.com/food-stamps-charts http://www.trivisonno.com/food-stamps-charts