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Financial Sector Costs Us More than Any Other Sector In Economy

Post author By Mike P. Sinn
Post date April 11, 2016

The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than any other sector of the economy. Its share of the economy totals $2 trillion dollars. In 1985, the financial sector earned less than 16% of domestic corporate profits. Today, it’s over 40%. In the 1960s, finance and insurance accounted for only 4% of GDP, whereas in 2007 […]

Post author By Mike P. Sinn
Tags aig, banks, economic crisis, economy, election, financial contribution, financial industry gdp, financial institution, financial sector, gdp share, goldman-sachs, government, lobbying, merril-lynch, political investment, wall st, wall street, where your tax dollars are going

Government Spending

From the Bankers Who Brought You President Obama Comes NEW PRESIDENT™!

Post author By Mike P. Sinn
Post date November 1, 2012

Governor Romney™ has been scientifically proven to increase spending faster than the President Obama™! Obama has only increased government spending a disappointing 5.5% annually over his term.