Unemployment in the United States

Ost with the Progran Get %24 AMER CA Anything Helps CO 29.5% OF UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS HAVE BEEN JOBLESS FOR A YEAR OR MORE. Totaling 3.9 MILLION WORKERS (Equivalent to the population of Oregon) COMPARED TO 2008: 1.5 TIMES more Americans are unemployed. 2008 2012 OF RECENT GRADS: HALF ARE UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLO Y ED Work less than 2o hrs/week. Weeks of Unermploymen BY EDUCATION LEVEL * 26 WEEKS OR LESS 27-51 WEEKS 52 WEEKS OR MORE Less than H. S. 62.3% 8% 29.7% H.S. Diploma 55.7% 12% 32.4% Some College 52.1% 12.2% 35.6% Bachelor's Degree 57.1% 12.1% 30.9% Advanced Degree 54.3% 11.9% 33.8% TOTAL 58.9% 11.6% 29.5% Unemployed Americans * AGED 25-54 MEN WOMEN 100% 50% 0% 1969 2012 2008 2012 7 out of 10 SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SAY AMERICA IS STILL IN A RECESSION, WHILE MOST ECONOMISTS SAY IT ENDED IN 2009 BEFORE THE RECESSION: 4.7 million TECH U ALUMNI YOUNG ADULTS (AGE 25-34) LIVED WITH THEIR PARENTS Today. 5.9 MILLION DO In 1950: Today: FOR EVERY RETIREE RECEIVING THERE ARE 1.75 WORKERS SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, PER RETIREE: THERE WERE 16 WORKERS: 107 WORKDAYS GO TOWARDS TAXES EACH YEAR OF INCOME ON FED., STATE, 29% THE AVG. AMERICANS WILL SPEND & LOCAL TAXES IN 2012. More than: FOOD CLOTHING HOUSING Median Annual Personal Earnings IN 2012 DOLLARS 50 $42,400 40 $38,000 30 20 10 1980 2012 CONSUMER DEBT IN AMERICA Has risen 1700% since 1971 1971 2012 THE AVERAGE CREDIT CARD HOLDER HAS: 4000 0012 3456 7839 4000 0012 3456 7899 4000 0012 3456 7899 4000 0012 3456 7899 /11 2/13 2/13 /13 CAREHOLE HAML 4000 0012 3456 7899 4000 0012 3456 7899 4000 0012 3456 7899 4000 0012 3456 7899 8 of them. TOTAL AMOUNT OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT: $1 trillion ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILD (K-12) IN THE U.S. THROUGH COLLEGE. 5 out of 70 AMERICANS ARE PO OR (A FAMILY OF 4 MAKING LESS THAN $40,000/YEAR) CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY: CHILDREN ON FOOD STAMPS: 1 in 5 1 in 4 For 1 in 3 ELDERLY AMERICANS LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE: CHILDREN, NEITHER PARENT HAS YEAR-ROUND, FULL- TIME EMPLOYMENT 1 in 6 Poverty Rate BY RACE 50% 25% | 27.4% 26.6% 9.9% 12.1% 0% WHITE BLACK HISPANIC ASIAN AN ESTIMATED 500,000 CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY homeless. THE RECESSION MIGHT BE OVER TO ECONOMISTS, BUT THE FINANCIAL FUTURE OF MANY AMERICANS IS STILL BLEAK. Created By: WwW.DOMAINNAME.COM Sources: HTTP://WWW.BUSINESSINSIDER.COM/70-TERRIFYING-FACTS-ABOUT-THE-US-ECONOMY-BY-THE-NUMBERS-2012-6 HTTP://USNEWS.MSNBC. MSN.COM/ NEWS/2011/12/15/9461848-DISMAL-PROSPECTS-1-IN-2- MERICANS-ARE-NOW-POOR-OR-LOW-INCOME HTIP://WWW.MSNBC. MSN.COM/ID/44413750 HTTP://WWW.CNBC.COM/ID/47133762 HITP://MONEY.CNN.CCM/2012/04/02/PF/TAXES/TAX-FREEDOM-DAY/INDEX.HTM?IID=LEAD HTTP://WWW.CNBC.COM/ID/45727242 HTTP://WWW.BLOOMBERG.COM/NEWS/PRINT/2011-08-25/0BAMA-SEEKS-JOBS-PLAN-AS-U-S- WORKINGMAN-STATUS-FURTHER-ERODES.HTML HITP://THEECONOMICCOLLAPSEBLOG.COM/ARCHIVES/POVERTY-IN-AMERICA-A-SPECIAL-REPORT HTTP://MONEY.CNN COM/2011/09/13/NEWS/ECONOMY/POVERTY RATE INCOME/INDEX.HTM?HPT=HP HITP://WWW.BUSINESSWEEK.COM/ARTICLES/2012-05-30/WHAT-WE-TALK-ABOUT-WHEN- WE-TALK-ABOUT-RECESSION TP://WWW.PEWTRUSTS.ORG/UPLOADEDFILES/WWWPEWTRUSTSORG/REPORTS/FISCAL AMALYSIS/ADDENDUM LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT MAY2012.PDF :::: ШЕ