Tag: poverty report
While those under 18 gained the most, older people also were also buoyed by stimulus payments. For the first time, the Census Bureau’s annual poverty report included information regarding both the Official Poverty Rate and the Supplemental Poverty Measure, which was first introduced in 2011. As a reminder, the official measure compares a family’s pretax money to…
Some think in terms of household income of $400,000; the answer is $70,000 When the time comes to fix Social Security, one prominent proposal would raise the payroll tax and apply the tax on earnings above $400,000. Hanging around financial types and academics who worry about pensions and retirement income, it is easy to get…
