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Friday, August 25, 2017

78 Percent Of Americans Living Paycheck To Paycheck

78 Percent Of Americans Living Paycheck To Paycheck



Aug. 24, 2017


Around 78 percent of Americans with a fulltime job say they live paycheck to paycheck, according to a new survey from CareerBuilder.com.


Disturbingly, the survey found Americans are worse off than they were last year.


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Other frightening highlights from the poll include:


  • 71 percent of Americans say they are in debt – an increase from 68 percent last year.

  • 56 percent of those surveyed say their debt is “unmanageable.”

  • 1 in 10 of those who make more than $100,000 a year say they are living paycheck to paycheck.

  • The number of Americans living payday to payday is growing. In 2016, 75 percent of respondents admitted to living paycheck to paycheck.

  • 56 percent of Americans save less than $100 per month.

CareerBuilder.com, a jobs website, surveyed 3,000 full-time employees and 2,000 hiring and human-resources managers as part of the survey.


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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Americans “Worry About Hunger and Homelessness” As Income Drops, Jobs Dry Up


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While those at the top of the heap are getting richer than ever, millions upon millions of Americans are struggling more than ever before.


As a general institution, jobs for the masses increasingly feature frozen wages, evaporating benefits, part time hours, and less than stellar opportunities.


For these people, just getting by can be very stressful.


And that is being reflected in a big way in a recent Gallup pole that has captured unprecedented levels of concern among lower income people who are statistically terrified of losing their grip.


via Wolf Richter of Wolf Street:



Lower-income Americans worry more in general than those with higher incomes. Everything is riskier and tougher for them. But nothing compares to the worries about hunger and homelessness. Gallup:


Since 2001, worry has been highest among those residing in lower-income households, likely because those with limited financial resources are more at risk of going hungry or becoming homeless. A consistent majority of lower-income adults worried about the problem before 2012, but that has only increased in the past five years.


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On average, across the 13 issues, the percentage of lower-income adults who worry a great deal is seven percentage points higher than among middle-income Americans, and 17 points higher than among upper-income Americans.


But differences in concern about hunger and homelessness far exceed those norms. In fact, the 20-point difference in worry about hunger and homelessness between lower-income and middle-income Americans is higher than for any of the other issues. Similarly, the 30-point difference in worry about hunger and homelessness between lower-income and upper-income Americans ties for the highest, along with concern about crime and violence.


Turns out, among Americans making $30,000 or less a year, 67% worry “a great deal” about hunger and homelessness! Food and shelter, two of the most basic human needs. That’s the highest percentage ever in Gallup’s data series on this question going back to 2001.



Obviously everyone already knows that poor people struggle more than well-off people whose needs are easily provided.


The unknown here is why those who are making less than $30,000 per year are so much MORE worried about hunger, homelessness and ‘just the basics’ than they were fifteen years ago.


Moreover, why are the middle class people – making a healthy $30k-$75k also more worried than they have been about personally being homeless and hungry?


What has changed?



Though it is hard to pinpoint, there has been a squeeze on the economy. Somewhere out there, there is a monster.


The glut of money created to give the banks liquidity was reinvested back into government bonds, and companies own stocks. Investment did not, generally, trickle down to the working man. Jobs weren’t created, and a recovery never happened. And many people are on the brink of losing everything – obviously many of those making at or under $30,000 are finding it pretty difficult to make it through.


The disillusionment hasn’t helped. Even with an expanded SNAP government food aid program, people are more freaked out than they ever have been about how food is going to be put on their table, and about how they are going to keep a roof over their head.


The level of worry here is frightening enough in of itself.


As Wolf Richter asked, is there some particular reason why things have suddenly “gotten a lot riskier, scarier, and uglier in some profound ways for lower-income Americans, those making $30,000 or less a year?”


Read more:


A Hidden America: Living in Cars, Tents and Cheap Motels *Video Report*


This Is How To Survive If You Lose Everything (Including Your Home)


What American Dream? “The Middle Class Is Dying And Poverty Is On The Rise”


Americans Pay More In Taxes Each Year Than “Food, Clothing, and Housing Combined”



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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Soros-backed group pays protestors to ‘fight against Trump’

(INTELLIHUB) — Any “broke-as-a-joke” radical leftist college student would happily snap up the offer to make quick cash by protesting something that hurts their feelings. And what better way to earn a few bucks while protesting the democratic election of Donald Trump?


One organization’s doing just that and the paycheck sure looks attractive.


The nefarious group, which claims to be the “largest private grassroots support organization in the United States,” posted an ad on the classifieds website Backpage.com less than a week ago.


“We pay people already politically motivated to fight for the things they believe. You were going to take action anyways, why not do so with us!” the ad says.


“We are currently seeking operatives to help send a strong message at upcoming inauguration protests.”


The short blurb also requires participants – whom they call “operatives” – to attend an in-person workshop and sign the organization’s “standard non-disclosure” agreement.


“As a Demand Protest operative, you will receive a monthly retainer of $2,500 on top of our standard per-event pay of $50/hr, as long as you participate in at least 6 events a year.”


“We are extremely flexible and can work with almost any existing work schedule. Full-time operatives receive health, vision and dental insurance for families, flexible vacations, and paid trainings. Travel expenses are always paid.”


“All operatives have access to our 24/7 phone helpdesk in addition to in-person support at events.” The phone number listed is a San Francisco number.


Interested individuals are then directed to a recruitment page on the Demand Protest website in order to apply.


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4Chan users say Demand Protest is linked to elite billionaire globalist George Soros, who is notorious for funding radical left-wing disruption groups such as Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter, but there is no way of knowing from the limited information on their website.


However, it should be noted that so-called “grassroots” groups are almost never funded out of the pockets of broke SJW college student members. Paid and trained activists – better described as “operatives” – are almost always used.


“We are strategists mobilizing millennials across the globe with seeded audiences and desirable messages. With absolute discretion a top priority, our operatives create convincing scenes that become the building blocks of massive movements. When you need the appearance of outrage, we are able to deliver it at scale while keeping your reputation intact,” the ‘About’ section of the website says.


This startling revelation comes in the wake of liberal TV political pundit and film director Michael Moore’s call for “100 days of resistance” against Trump as well as leaked plans of mass disruptions and protests of the presidential inauguration on January 20th. Such disruptive activities include the Women’s March on Washington, a chemical attack plot at the National Press Club and the crashing of celebratory parties held by Trump supporters.


Caleb Stephen is a freelance journalist, independent commentator, political activist and the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Caleb Report (Calebreport.com) He is also a contributing writer and editor of WeAreChange.org.

Caleb has written for and has articles published on world-renowned websites such as World Net Daily, The Huffington Post, Intellihub, Natural News.com and Rense.com.

Visit his website calebstephen.com and follow him on twitter @CalebsOfficial.

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