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**gZAhTyWY** · 10-28-2011, 05:50 PM

(After-tax income is income after federal taxes have been deducted and government transfers—which are payments to people through such programs as Social Security and Unemployment Insurance—have been added.) I would also be interested in the numbers if they didn't include people on government payments. I think almost 20% of the population is on social security. That could create a significant affect on the numbers. I'm not saying it will jump it up to 200% growth or anything, but a more accurate comparison about economic growth parities would probably be done by not including social services payments.

10-28-2011, 05:50 PM	#7
gZAhTyWY Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	(After-tax income is income after federal taxes have been deducted and government transfers—which are payments to people through such programs as Social Security and Unemployment Insurance—have been added.) I would also be interested in the numbers if they didn't include people on government payments. I think almost 20% of the population is on social security. That could create a significant affect on the numbers. I'm not saying it will jump it up to 200% growth or anything, but a more accurate comparison about economic growth parities would probably be done by not including social services payments.
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