The greatest casualty of this slowly recovering economy has been the middle-class, but the decline did not begin in 2007 or 2008. The past decade has been the most financially unstable for the middle income tier since World War II.
These days, a person’s preference in cable news networks can be a decent indicator of the party they affiliate with.
A recent Gallup poll found Americans increasingly distrust the news, while the reputation of YouTube news as an active destination for breaking, crowd sourced video continues to grow.
The president’s proposed budget will secure a 4.2-percent increase over 2012 for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), bringing its total budget to more than $6.8 billion.
“Currently, 38% of Americans identify as independents, while 32% affiliate with the Democratic Party and 24% affiliate with the GOP.”
Though the public’s confidence in the federal government has plummeted to record lows over the course of the last decade, the same cannot be said for state and local government.
Recently graduated college students, many of whom were Obama supporters in 2008, are facing extremely high unemployment rates.
