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?

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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?
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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 Behind Staying Even My income is going up faster than cost of living Source: AFL-CIO Election Night Survey 54% 33% 8%

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%

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 Disagree

From , bottom 90 th percent of incomes fell $2,868.

The Koch Brothers The Walton Family The Walton Family and The Koch Brothers’ net worth = $230 billion That’s the net worth of 150 million Americans or 44% of the country.