CHARTS: Here's What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About...

[stevedeshazer]

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10#lets-start-with-the-obvious-unemployment-three-years-after-the-financial-crisis-the-unemployment-rate-is-still-at-the-highest-level-since-the-great-depression-except-for-a-brief-blip-in-the-early-1980s-1

This link has some great charts:



And this:



And this:



So when your crazy right-wing uncle or your teabagger coworker says the 99% don't know what they are angry about and are just a bunch of fleabagging hippies, show them this.

Much more at link.

[mmonk]

1. Bookmarked.

[PDJane]

2. Kicked and recommend.

[stevedeshazer]

3. I should also have posted this chart:

Wages as a percent of the economy. Again, it's basically the lowest it has ever been.

That sums it all up.

[Beartracks]

5. Look at that big wage spike in the Clinton years! n/t

[stevedeshazer]

7. Yep.

Before the Bush tax cuts.

[concord]

4. Thank you for the clear graphics!

Exactly what I've been looking for

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. K&R, Bookmarked.

:hi:

[Divine Discontent]

8. and this sorta gets under the 99%'s nerves...

CEO Pay compared to workers increased from 40x to over 300x in 30 years, and, primary school teacher pay stays nearly stagnant after 15 years of service

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[stevedeshazer]

9. Good add.

Thanks.