Americans Got the Biggest Raise Ever in 2015. You can Make it Bigger.

Probably the biggest economic news in recent years was announced 2 weeks ago and it got surprisingly little play. According to the United States Census Bureau’s income and poverty report, the American median household income saw its largest boost in a half century last year, with incomes rising 5.2% (actually, it’s the largest recorded increase since the Census Bureau began keeping track in 1967). Last year’s median household income jumped $2,798 to $56,516, up from an inflation-adjusted $53,718 in 2014. Maybe the economy isn’t as bad as some folks still make it out to...

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