> The new Census Bureau data on income and poverty reveal that many of the
> economic trends in this country are a lot more favorable than America's
> detractors seems to think. In 2007, overall real...

> The new Census Bureau data on income and poverty reveal that many of the
> economic trends in this country are a lot more favorable than America's
> detractors seems to think. In 2007, overall real median family income
> increased to $50,233, up $600 from 2006. The real median income for
> intact families -- mother and father in the home -- rose to $78,000, an
> all-time high.

> In article <86SdnQkRBoWf11LVnZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@insightbb.com>,
> Tracer Bullet i.org> wrote:
>

>> The new Census Bureau data on income and poverty reveal that many of the
>> economic trends in this country are a lot more favorable than America's
>> detractors seems to think. In 2007, overall real median family income
>> increased to $50,233, up $600 from 2006. The real median income for
>> intact families -- mother and father in the home -- rose to $78,000, an
>> all-time high.
>>
>> Although incomes fell sharply in the U.S. after the dot-com bubble burst
>> in 2000 (and still haven't fully recovered), these latest statistics
>> reflect a 25-year trend of upward economic mobility. More important,
>> Barack Obama is wrong when he states on his campaign Web site that the
>> economic policies started by Ronald Reagan have rewarded "wealth not
>> work." Based on this false claim -- that the rich have benefited by
>> economic growth while others have not -- he intends to raise tax rates
>> on high-income individuals. ...