Falling Behind Staying Even My income is going up faster than cost of living Source AFLCIO Election Night Survey 54 33 8 Publics Agenda For Congress Support for Proposals Next Congress Might Consider ID: 461468
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Would you say that your income is going up faster than the cost of living, staying about even with the cost of living, or falling behind the cost of living?
Falling BehindStaying EvenMy income is going up faster than cost of living
Source: AFL-CIO Election Night Survey
54%
33%
8%Slide2
Public’s Agenda For Congress
Support for Proposals Next Congress Might Consider
Union
members
Ending tax loopholes that encourage U.S. companies to send jobs overseas
69%
28%
(voters in Senate BG states)
71%
22%
Increase Social Security benefits (high-income people pay S.S. taxes on all wages
65%
30%
Raising taxes on wealthy/ corps. to fund priorities (education, job training, etc)
81%
14%
Increasing taxes on corporate overseas profits, to ensure pay as much as on US profits
69%
28%
Raising federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour
58%
33%
Comprehensive immigration reform including path to citizenship
Increase funding for public schools from preschool through college
78%
19%Slide3
Voters Feel Corporate Interests Had Too Much Influence on the Election and Both Parties
Voting
for the
best candidate
Did corporations have too much, too little, or the right amount of influence over this year’s elections?
Sending a message to Washing-ton
“Politicians do too much to support Wall Street financial interests and not enough to help average Americans.”
Best candidate
Too
much
Too little
Right
amount
Agree
DisagreeSlide4Slide5
From
1997-2012, bottom 90th percent of incomes fell $2,868.Slide6
The Koch Brothers
The Walton Family
T
he Walton Family and The Koch Brothers’ net
w
orth = $230 billion
That’s the net worth of 150 million Americans or 44% of the country.