Booming Economy

The working poor and young are the hardest hit in this economic downturn.

What is really needed is an FDR-style jobs program to fix infrastructure, for one thing, despite howls from the right about "make-work" jobs.

And yes, the crooks who got us into this economic mess SHOULD have to sacrifice with higher taxes, which won't hurt us at all, and for more than a few, JAIL.

The Booming Economy

Nearly 30 percent of American families are living on poverty wages:

The report documents the sharp decline in living standards for wide layers of the working class, the result of decades of corporate downsizing and wage-cutting presided over by Democratic and well as Republican administrations. It shows that poverty-level jobs are increasingly common and are held by broad sections of the population. Contrary to certain stereotypes promoted by the media, the majority of families living on poverty wages are neither immigrants, minorities or families with a single parent.

The report is here.