In a Poll, 43% of Millennials in 36 Countries Say They Plan To Leave Their Jobs Within Two Years (qz.com)

A poll by Deloitte with more than 10,000 millennials across 36 countries found that 43% of them are planning to leave their jobs within two years, while only 28% are looking to stay beyond five years.

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That is patently incorrect

[rsilvergun]

The New Deal was funded with large tax increases on the wealthy. Following it and up until the 70s the marginal tax rate was 90% (e.g. you paid 90% of your income after around $22 million/year when adjusted for inflation). Wages weren't paid as stock dividends yet and offshore tax shelters weren't a thing so the tax was actually paid. It was the largest sustained period of growth in the middle class in American history. These are all facts, and you can verify them with a few minutes/hours on google.

Then Nixon & Regan came along, convinced everybody that Government was the Problem and Not the solution (lovely slogan that) and real wages and the middle class have been in decline ever since. This is also a fact you can verify on Google.

Face it, right wing economics don't work. We tried my way and it worked. We tried your way and it didn't. The logical thing is to go back to my way. Stop _feeling_ and start _thinking_. That's the only way out of this mess.

Re:That is patently incorrect

[Anonymous Coward]

As multiple sources clarify, 47% do not pay the "Federal Income Tax" while 28% do not pay net federal taxes. The difference is mainly because the payroll (FICA) tax is an income tax but is not the Federal Income Tax. That is, the United States has multiple income taxes and the 47% comment is about one of them, making it very misleading. Additionally, there's a good number of households you'd expect to not pay taxes. About a third of those 28% are elderly people, for instance.

(These numbers are all from articles around the time of Romney's 47% remark. The precise numbers are likely similar but not identical today.)