Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity calculates how many Americans are unable to afford the basic necessities of life. "The unemployment data, as it's put out, has some flaws," LISEP chairman Gene Ludwig told CBS MoneyWatch. "For example, it counts you as employed if you've worked as little as one hour over the prior two weeks. So you can be homeless and in a tent community and have worked one hour and be counted, irrespective of how poorly-paid that hour may be." read more
There's a lot of compelling evidence that we're on the slide towards idiocracy. It's all around us, right here on this site.
The old guard Dems need to be put out to pasture.