{"id":20023,"date":"2014-09-27T00:37:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T22:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=20023"},"modified":"2014-09-27T00:37:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T22:37:34","slug":"standard-poors-enters-inequality-debate-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/standard-poors-enters-inequality-debate-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard &amp; Poors Enters Inequality Debate in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Pew poll found that 56% of Americans said that their income was falling behind the cost of living.\u00a0 At higher income levels, people said they were staying even and getting ahead, their incomes moving faster than inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Standard &amp; Poors reports that state income coffers have been effected by the decine in middle class wages.\u00a0 In most states, tax revenue growth has not kept pace with the growth of the economy and S&amp;P says inequaity is the cause.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/standard-poors-enters-inequality-debate-in-us\/inequality-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20025\" src=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Inequality-in-the-US.jpg\" alt=\"Inequality in the US\" width=\"594\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Inequality-in-the-US.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Inequality-in-the-US-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Inequality-in-the-US-437x300.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Pew poll found that 56% of Americans said that their income was falling behind the cost of living.\u00a0 At higher income levels, people said they were staying even and getting ahead, their incomes moving faster than inflation. 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