Who's On Our Side? See how your state fares:

[Coexist]

The AFL-CIO has issued Report Cards for states. Check out yours!

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The AFL-CIO's Who's On Our Side? project has released the second in a series of reports taking a look at issues affecting working families at the state level and showing how the positions our nation's elected leaders take impact the lives of working people and their children.

The new reports examine how working families in about a dozen states are faring—and in contrast with sunny news about the nation's economic recover—provide hard economic facts that demonstrate the realities working families face every day.

These latest reports follow up on a series of congressional report cards the AFL-CIO issued in January to let working families know how their lawmakers voted on key economic and other working family issues.

Find out the facts in your state and see where your elected officials stand on issues that matter to you and your family.

Some Fun Florida Facts I picked up from this site:

- The median household income in Florida in 2004 was $40,554—a 4.8 percent drop
from $42,621 in 2000, after adjusting for inflation.

- Between 2000 and 2004, the number of personal bankruptcy filings in Florida
increased by 18.8 percent.

- Income Inequality in Florida Has Increased Over the Past Two Decades
The income of the richest 20 percent of Florida families grew twice as fast as that of the middle 20 percent of families (62.8 percent growth compared with 31.5 percent) over the past two decades.

...and in unrelated news


WAY TO GO GATORS!

[LisaLynne]

1. Great find.

We need to get this info out there. Bush et al can crow about the great economy, but when you're just looking at corporate bottom lines -- especially with the trend lately of these corporations not putting anything back into the economy, just hording their profits -- it is not a true reflection of what's going on. I don't know why these people can't see that if they completely turn the vast, vast majority of this country into paupers, our economy will NOT be GOOD!

[CrispyQ]

2. Thanks for sharing!

:hi:

[RagingInMiami]

3. Like a true Banana Republic

We will have no middle-class

[rkc3]

4. I looked up Rick Santorum - further proof the guy is a scumbag.

That he can talk about his record with a straight face makes it even worse.

[Coexist]

5. use what you find in LTTE!

spread the love.