Thread by @The_UnSilent_

1/ Reminder going into 2020

people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills:

UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal- 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Chile - 0

America - 643,000

2/ People killed by gun last year:

Japan: 10
Sweden: 41
Switzerland: 47
UK: 50
Israel: 105
Australia: 207

Total Population: 246,959,950
Total Guns: 8,804,000
Total Gun Deaths: 460

United States...

Population: 329,093,106
Guns: 393,347,000
Gun Deaths: 39,773

3/ Marginal tax rate:

1945: 94% (Roosevelt)
1957: 91% (Eisenhower)
1964: 77% (Johnson)
1973: 70% (Nixon)
2018: 37% (Trump)

From 45-75 the Middle Class owned their homes & cars free & clear, paid for their kids college & STILL managed a savings account

Were we socialists then?

4/ May 2016

-Gas $2.19✅
-Food Cost -1.5%✅
-Wages +2.9%✅
-Unemployment 4.9%

May 2019

-Gas $2.98🔺
-Food cost +9.1🔺
-Wages +0.2⛔️
-Unemployment 3.6%

Wages are stagnant & the price of goods are up - jobs mean nothing. The 1% just get cheap labor while Wall Street cashes in

Four year degree in the United States:

1989: $26,902
2019: $104,480
+288%

Median household income:

1989: $54,042
2019: $59,039
+9%

Which means that each successive cohort of graduates is worse off than the last...