Flyer march 20, 2011

THERE IS PLENTY  OF MONEY IN THE U.S. FOR HUMAN NEEDS

 

 

*In 1973, the average U.S. CEO was paid $27 for every dollar paid to a typical worker; by 2007 that ratio had grown to $275 to $1.

 

*In fact, a CEO earns more in one workday than an average worker earns in 52 weeks.

 

*The 500 largest U.S. companies cut a record 821,000 jobs in 2009 while their collective profits increased to a record 

$391 billion.  

 

*The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost the average American family of four almost $13,000 last year.

 

*If middle and upper middle class families had maintained the same share of American productivity that they held in 1980, they would make an average of $12,500 more per year and the richest 1% of Americans would be making $1 trillion less per year.

 

*From 1992 to 2007, the average tax rate on the richest 400

taxpayers in the US dropped from 26.38% to 16.62%.

 

*48% of federal income taxes in 2011 will be used for present and past military purposes.

 

*It is estimated that the Iraq War will cost U.S. taxpayers

$3 trillion.

 

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