Did folks know that the tax to fund the program [Social Security] only hits salaries up to $110,000? That means that if you make… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is talking about cutting taxes. On net, he is a tax cutter. But the difference between Obama and John McCain is that… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
The black unemployment rate has to be twice that of the white rate in the US. If the national unemployment rate were 6.8 percent,… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
It's a mistake to think that any increase in wages is inflationary and there is substantial room for non-inflationary wage growth, particularly at the… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that it's better to run a workforce on security than insecurity. — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
What you don't hear from these GOP candidates is that they really can't go after this president on domestic production of oil and gas.… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
Where you see immigration competition play out most clearly is among high school dropouts. I'd say there's clearly immigrant competition among the least-skilled workers,… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
We are in the midst of a protracted wage slump, ... a troubling trend that is largely going unnoticed by policymakers. — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
![“Did folks know that the tax to fund the program [Social Security] only hits salaries up to $110,000? That means that if you make a million bucks, about 90% of your salary is tax free when it comes to the payroll tax that funds Soc Sec. That ain't right.” quote by Jared Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/723/jared-bernstein-39941_bucks_did-folks-know-that-the-tax-to-fund-the_232602.jpg)
