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Reality Hammer

Average Household Income, 1977-90

By quintile and top 5%
Constant 1990 dollars
YearLowestSecondThirdFourthHighestTop 5%
1977719317,71529,28742,91176,522117,023
1980683617,01528,07741,36473,752110,213
1989737218,34130,48846,17790,150145,651
1990719518,03029,78144,90187,137138,756
Source: The Right Data, page 205.

See also the latest figures from the Census Bureau.

Notice the drop 1977-80 and the drop 1989-90. And why critics of Reagan so desperately want to use 1977-90 as a comaprison time frame. To paraphrase one of the great deceivers "Bush and Carter are no Ronald Reagan".



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