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快速消逝的美國中產階級 (節錄)

作者:路不平  於 2010-7-27 04:13 發表於 最熱鬧的華人社交網路--貝殼村

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The Middle Class in America Is Radically Shrinking
(Posted Jul 15, 2010 02:25pm EDT by Michael Snyder)
 
•    83 percent of all U.S. stocks are in the hands of 1 percent of the people.
     83%的美國股票握在1%的人民手裡。

•    61 percent of Americans "always or usually" live paycheck to paycheck, which was up from 49 percent in 2008 and 43 percent in 2007.
     61%的美國人沒有儲蓄。這個比率在2007年是從43%,在2008年是49%。
 

•    66 percent of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans.
     收入成長的66%,在2001年和2007之間,歸1%美國人所有。

•    36 percent of Americans say that they don't contribute anything to retirement savings.

•    A staggering 43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement.

•    24 percent of American workers say that they have postponed their planned retirement age in the past year.

•    Over 1.4 million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy in 2009, which represented a 32 percent increase over 2008.
     • 2009年有1千4百萬美國人宣布破產,比2008增加了32%。

•    Only the top 5 percent of U.S. households have earned enough additional income to match the rise in housing costs since 1975.
     自1975年以來,只有位於TOP5%的美國家庭有足夠的收入增長來抵消通貨膨脹。

•    For the first time in U.S. history, banks own a greater share of residential housing net worth in the United States than all individual Americans put together.
     • 美國有史第以來一次,美國各銀行擁有的住宅住房凈值超過所有美國人擁有的住宅住房凈值的總和。

•    In 1950, the ratio of the average executive's paycheck to the average worker's paycheck was about 30 to 1. Since the year 2000, that ratio has exploded to between 300 to 500 to one.

•    As of 2007, the bottom 80 percent of American households held about 7% of the liquid financial assets.

•    The bottom 50 percent of income earners in the United States now collectively own less than 1 percent of the nation』s wealth.
     • 佔美國50%人口的低收入者,共同擁有少於國家1%的財富。

•    Average Wall Street bonuses for 2009 were up 17 percent when compared with 2008.
     • 與2008年比較, 2009的平均華爾街獎金上升了17%。

•    In the United States, the average federal worker now earns 60% MORE than the average worker in the private sector.
     • 在美國,一般的聯邦工作者比在私人部門的一般工作者收入高60%。

•    The top 1 percent of U.S. households own nearly twice as much of America's corporate wealth as they did just 15 years ago.
      • 名列前1%的美國家庭,與15年前相比,擁有幾乎過去兩倍的美國公司財富。

•    In America today, the average time needed to find a job has risen to a record 35.2 weeks.
     • 今天,在美國,平均找到工作的時間上升到了到記錄的35.2星期。

•    More than 40 percent of Americans who actually are employed are now working in service jobs, which are often very low paying.
    
•    or the first time in U.S. history, more than 40 million Americans are on food stamps, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that number will go up to 43 million Americans in 2011.
     第一次,在美國歷史上,超過4千萬美國人依靠食物券。據美國農業部估計,到2011年,這一數字將上升至 4千3百萬美國人。

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回復 解濱 2010-7-27 04:28
俺又要發火了:活該! 全TNND的活該! 美國人不儲蓄,全是找抽! 有錢寧願去旅遊,泡妞,下館子,卻不願意存退休金,活該! 華爾街獎金髮那麼多,也不去華爾街示威遊行,反而整天反墮胎遊行,活該!那些宣布個人破產的,破產前可是大手大腳幾十年,最後一分錢也沒有了,就要破產。 活該!!!
回復 海外憤青 2010-7-27 04:37
樓上說得太對了,是活該!
美國人民有這麼自由的社會和不斷糾正錯誤的民主政府,還鬧成這樣,真是美國人民活該!
回復 瓊台鶴 2010-7-27 04:46
」In the United States, the average federal worker now earns 60% MORE than the average worker in the private sector.「 這個有點奇怪。可能需要在』相同工作性質和受教育程度『下進行比較才有意義。
回復 wazhh 2010-7-27 12:21
支柱啊
回復 路不平 2010-7-27 20:17
解濱: 俺又要發火了:活該! 全TNND的活該! 美國人不儲蓄,全是找抽! 有錢寧願去旅遊,泡妞,下館子,卻不願意存退休金,活該! 華爾街獎金髮那麼多,也不去華爾街示
活該!!!
回復 路不平 2010-7-27 20:18
海外憤青: 樓上說得太對了,是活該!
美國人民有這麼自由的社會和不斷糾正錯誤的民主政府,還鬧成這樣,真是美國人民活該!
美國人不儲蓄,全是找抽!
回復 路不平 2010-7-27 20:20
瓊台鶴: 」In the United States, the average federal worker now earns 60% MORE than the average worker in the private sector.「 這個有點奇怪。可能需要在』相同
公務員的工資不受經濟影響,只升不降。
回復 路不平 2010-7-27 20:20
wazhh: 支柱啊

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