Sunday, November 3, 2019

US Economy 1920 to 2020


US Average Household Income from 1920 to 2020 tracks decades of US Inflation since 1913 when the US began to adopt a “managed economy” and abandoned its “free market economy”. The value of the US dollar has dropped to 13 cents.  The cost of a loaf of bread was 5 cents in 1913.

The “Great Depression” interrupted US household income growth in 1930 and it recovered in 1950. In 1979, the cost of everything tripled to pay for US federal government overspending.

US Average Household Income 1920 to 2019.
2019   $64,430
2010   $55,520
2000   $59,938
1990   $54,621
1980   $30,056
1970   $9,870
1960   $5,600
1950   $3,300
1940   $956
1930   $1,368
1920   $3.269

The 1920s marked the year that the inventions that were developed during the Industrial Revolution from 1820 to 1920 were put to use by the general population.

In the 1920s, the US began chlorinating drinking water, invented penicillin and built sanitary sewers to prevent disease. US consumers were adding modern plumbing, converting to electricity, adding telephones, electric appliances, buying cars and riding in airplanes.

Communists were infiltrating government and education. Taxes were high and the US was growing its federal government beyond its “enumerated powers”. 

In 1920, the US inflation rate was 16.61%. Interest rates were 7%. Unemployment was 5.2%. US average household income $3269.40

In the 1930s, drought in the Midwest, the stock market collapse and economic recession increased unemployment in the US and families were forced to migrate to California and other States. In 1935, Roosevelt established Social Security and established a Socialist retirement system.

In 1930, the US inflation rate was -2.34%. Interest rates were 2.5%. Unemployment was 8.7%. US average household income was $1368.

In the 1940s, the US was involved in World War II, defending Britain from Nazi Germany and defending the US and Asia from Japan. In 1941, the US converted its industry to produce military equipment. The economy boomed and everybody went to work.

In 1940 the US inflation rate was 0.72%. Interest rates were 4%. Unemployment was 14.6%. US average household income was $956.

In the 1950s, the US was the primary beneficiary of the Industrial Revolution.  Europe and Asia were devastated by World War II and US manufactured products dominated the global economy. The US economy was booming, but taxes were high and labor unions were destructive pushing socialist policies. Government bureaucracies that formed in the 1930s and 1940s were expanding.

The private sector was still intact and families were the primary economic unit of the US economy. Most teenagers had part-time and summer jobs.  Most women were stay-at-home moms. Most men could support their families and took jobs expecting to work their entire careers with one company.  Most families could buy houses and cars and pay their bills. Catholic schools and hospitals provided education and healthcare. Doctors owned their own practices. US citizens manufactured everything they consumed.

In 1950, the US inflation rate in 1950 was 1.26%. Interest rates were 4%. Unemployment was 4.3%.US Labor Force Participation rate was 58.5%. US average household income was $3300.

In the 1960s, the US economy continued to retain its strength, but socialist labor union propaganda began to have its effect. The combination of union demands, Communist Goals and Communist propaganda created a culture of entitlement. Protest by Communist special interest groups were common. 

In 1960, the US Inflation rate was 1.76%.  Interest rates were 6%. Unemployment was 6.6%. US Labor Force Participation rate was 59%. US average household income was $5600.

In 1964, Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act to codify “entitlement” and establish “protected groups” as “victims”. He passed the War on Poverty and established welfare benefits that ruined the Black family structure. He passed Medicare and Medicaid to subsidize healthcare and fuel unsustainable cost increases no longer in control by consumers.

US Manufacturing costs rose in labor-intensive industries and US companies began to off-shore these plants with the encouragement of the government deep state.

The Cold War was about stemming the spread of Communism, primarily through invasions like Korea, Hungary and Vietnam, but later through Communist Revolutions like Cuba. The Vietnam War 1955-1975 resulted in 50,000 US military killed.

In the 1970s, years of labor union corrosion led to poor quality in US products and bankruptcies of major US companies. US Auto companies ignored the need for better mileage and lost market share to foreign car manufacturers.  US car prices doubled in 1979.

Communist infiltration affected education, environmentalism, media and the general US culture.  Abortion became legal in 1973. Inflation reached 21% and US income taxes were high on taxable income after deductions.

In 1970, the US Inflation rate was 5.72%. Interest rates were 7%. Unemployment was 6.1%. US Labor Force Participation rate was 60.5%. US average household income was $9870.

In the 1980s, Reagan lowered income taxes and tax revenue increased. Corporate taxes remained at 35% while all other countries were lowering their corporate tax rates.

By the 1980s, advances in electronics spurred redesign in telephony and computers. Union membership began to decline and the PC revolution was underway led by IBM, Microsoft and Apple. Reagan began advanced designs of US military equipment.

In 1980 the US Inflation rate was 13.5%. Interest rates were 13.7% Unemployment was 7.2%. US Labor Force Participation rate was 67%. US average household income was $30,056.

In the 1990s, US Manufacturing jobs were off-shored. UN Agenda 21 was approved based on the global warming hoax. We were told we were entering the “Information Age”, but the information wasn’t good. We were losing our manufacturing jobs to Mexico and China. In 1990, we saw our upgraded US military win the Gulf War to extract Iraq from Kuwait with few US casualties. Excessive immigration began in 1989 and imported 60 million welfare immigrants

In 1992, Bush I signed on to UN Agenda 21 that required the establishment of a UN Global Government to replace all sovereign nation-states.  In 1993, Clinton ordered UN Agenda 21 implementation in the US.

In 1990, the US Inflation rate was 5.4%. Interest rates were 10%. Unemployment was 6.3%. US Labor Force Participation rate was 66.5%. US average household income was $54,621.

In the 2000s, Muslim Terrorists hijacked US airliners and flew them into the Twin Towers in Manhattan NY in 2001. This followed decades of Muslim terrorist airline hijackings and bombings. Bush II sent the US military to invade Afghanistan and then Iraq and took the US National Debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion.

In 2008, we experienced a financial meltdown due to US home mortgage defaults. The Community Reinvestment Act passed in 1993, required lenders to give mortgage loans to unqualified buyers. This was a Democrat Bill that had trip-wires that caused a financial liquidity freeze and a global depression.

In 2000 the US Inflation rate was 3.36%. Interest rates were 7.7%. Unemployment was 3.9%. US Labor Force Participation rate was 67.1% US average household income was $59,938.

In the 2010s, the US imported millions of welfare immigrants and refugees.

In 2010 the US Inflation rate was 2.3%. Interest rates were 5%. Unemployment was 9.3%. US Labor Force Participation rate was 64.7% US average household income was $55,520

In 2019 the US Inflation rate is 1.8%.  Interest rates are 3.8%. Unemployment is 3.5%. US Labor Force Participation rate is 63.3%. US average household income is $64,430.

Trump lowered the Corporate Tax Rate in 2017 from 35% to 21% to be competitive with other countries to return US manufacturing using Tariffs.


Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader


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