May 22, 2014 ... "Canadian middle class incomes are now higher than in the United States,"  Clinton said. "They are working fewer hours for more pay, enjoying a stronger  safety net, living longer on average, and facing less income inequality." PolitiFact  set aside Clinton's claim about a stronger safety net (because the ...
Measured for all households, U.S. income inequality is comparable to other  developed countries before taxes and transfers, but is among the highest after  taxes and transfers, meaning the U.S. shifts relatively less income from higher  income households to lower income households. Measured for working-age  households, ...
Most of the data in the latest survey, frankly, are less than earth-shattering: 49  percent of part-time workers would prefer to work more hours at their current  wage; 29 percent of Americans expect to earn a higher income in the coming  year; 43 percent of homeowners who have owned their home for at least a year  believe its ...
Jun 15, 2006 ... The tide has been rising fast recently. Thanks to a jump in productivity growth  after 1995, America's economy has outpaced other rich countries' for a decade.  Its workers now produce over 30% more each hour they work than ten years ago.  In the late 1990s everybody shared in this boom. Though incomes ...
Middle-class Americans are healthier than those living in or near poverty, but  they are less healthy than the upper class. Even wealthy Americans are less  healthy than those Americans with higher incomes. Income is a driving force  behind the striking health disparities that many minorities experience. In fact,  although blacks ...
Canadian middle class incomes are now higher than in the United States. They are working fewer hours for more pay, … living longer on average, and facing less income inequality.