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Showing Original Post only (View all)"Working class white men make less than they did in 1996" [View all]
http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/05/news/economy/working-class-men-income/index.htmlWorking class white men saw their income drop 9% between 1996 and 2014, according to a new report from Sentier Research. This group, who Sentier defines as having only a high school diploma, earned only $36,787, on average, in 2014, down from $40,362 in 1996.
Meanwhile, college educated white men saw their income soar nearly 23% over the same period, from $77,209 to $94,601.
Published by two former Census Bureau officials, the Sentier report shines yet another light on the fortunes of the white working class. This group has become a force in the 2016 presidential election, serving as the backbone of Donald Trump's support. And the Republican candidate's campaign has tailored much of his campaign to the working class, with promises that he will bring back the manufacturing jobs that once allowed them to support their families.
Meanwhile, college educated white men saw their income soar nearly 23% over the same period, from $77,209 to $94,601.
Published by two former Census Bureau officials, the Sentier report shines yet another light on the fortunes of the white working class. This group has become a force in the 2016 presidential election, serving as the backbone of Donald Trump's support. And the Republican candidate's campaign has tailored much of his campaign to the working class, with promises that he will bring back the manufacturing jobs that once allowed them to support their families.
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They are still doing much better than most of the rest of us, and those jobs are NEVER coming back.
bravenak
Oct 2016
#1
I'm not surprized by this at all. The University campuses are overwhelmingly female
underahedgerow
Oct 2016
#4
Of course. This situation has a massive backlash across all of society in countless ways.
underahedgerow
Oct 2016
#13
It is extremely troubling to me, for all the reasons underahedgerow mentions.
Coventina
Oct 2016
#15
I have no idea. And, I agree that by college the trend is extremely difficult to reverse.
Coventina
Oct 2016
#17
I'm thinking its similar for blacks and Latinos, income insecurity is hear most by those who have
uponit7771
Oct 2016
#5
That posit doesn't explain why so many of them are overwhelmingly functionally illiterate
underahedgerow
Oct 2016
#14
It's a lot easier to bust unions when the employment to population ratio is low. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2016
#28