Re: Middle Class Takes It In The Shorts With Bush
From: Sgt. Sausage (nobody_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 02/21/05
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:35:14 -0500
<cliff84373@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In every one, but one, of the 12 catagories below middle-income
> families have lost money under George Bush. Since I'm retired, the one
> that catches my attention the most is the loss suffered by the elderly.
> After subtracting for taxes and health care costs, the income for the
> elderly took a dive from $30,337 to $29,178. That's a loss of $1159 in
> 3 years!
Not to belittle your loss or anything, but since
when is ~ 1% a year even anywhere near large enough
to justify the phrase "took a dive"?
I'd call it a statistical anomoly.
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