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#99 During the Obama administration, the U.S. government has accumulated more debt than it did from the time that George Washington took office to the time that Bill Clinton took office.
#78 The total amount of student loan debt in the United States now exceeds the total amount of credit card debt in the United States.
#63 The United States has lost a staggering 32 percent of its manufacturing jobs since the year 2000.
#45 Half of all American workers now earn $505 or less per week.
#36 According to a Harris Interactive survey taken near the end of last year, 77 percent of all Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck. In 2007, the same survey found that only 43 percent of Americans were living paycheck to paycheck.
#10 The wealthiest 1% of all Americans now own more than a third of all the wealth in the United States.
#9 The poorest 50% of all Americans collectively own just 2.5% of all the wealth in the United States.
Here are some stats from that list that sort of cover that:
It would be an interesting statistic too, IMO, showing the average education requirements for a job in the US, and the average educational achievements of the population of the US.
#77 One-third of all college graduates end up taking jobs that don't even require college degrees.
#76 In the United States today, there are more than 100,000 janitors that have college degrees.
#75 In the United States today, 317,000 waiters and waitresses have college degrees.
#74 In the United States today, approximately 365,000 cashiers have college degrees.
Originally posted by TupacShakur
reply to post by hadriana
Here are some stats from that list that sort of cover that:
It would be an interesting statistic too, IMO, showing the average education requirements for a job in the US, and the average educational achievements of the population of the US.
#77 One-third of all college graduates end up taking jobs that don't even require college degrees.
#76 In the United States today, there are more than 100,000 janitors that have college degrees.
#75 In the United States today, 317,000 waiters and waitresses have college degrees.
#74 In the United States today, approximately 365,000 cashiers have college degrees.