January 24, 2012

Read These Facts Ahead Of The State Of The Union Address

47.8 percent of households that receive food stamps are working, because having a job is not enough to keep them out of poverty. [Source]

In the last three years, 30 major corporations spent more on lobbying than they paid in taxes. [Source]

50 percent of U.S. workers make less than $26,364 per year. [Source]

More than one in 70 homes faced foreclosure last year. [Source]

Since 1985, the federal tax rate for the 400 wealthiest Americans dropped from 29 percent to 18 percent. [Source]”

More here.

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