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Right To Work Statistics - Disposable Cash

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Tue Jun 14, 2011 at 10:29:22 PM EST
Tags: Higher wages, lower cost of living, RTW, Right To Work, Forced Unionism, Freedom To Work, FTW, Michigan (all tags)

The last post on this should have been challenged. While it was true it has little bearing in the end. Being affected by how many folks you pack into a house, shared expenses in other ways etc., really play more into the whole bang for the buck thing. Cut your expenses, and whatever it is that you bring in goes a bit farther. Michigan still has higher cost of living than other states, and particularly as compared to states with freedom to work laws.

I am not sure about all of the whys, but it is consistent when averaged. People in Right-to-Work states have more coin, bread, bucks, capital, cash, scratch, chips, coin, coinage, dough, greenbacks, or gravy when the day is done. By nearly $2,000 average.

Disposable income higher in Right to Work states

Employees enjoy higher income, lower cost of living in Right to Work states

Cost of Living-Adjusted Per Capita Disposable Personal Income
(2009)

Right to Work States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,543
Forced-Unionism States . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,389
National Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,256

Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC);
BEA; Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (BOC)

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This is based on poor data (none / 0) (#1)
by mm9 on Wed Jun 15, 2011 at 04:03:42 AM EST

The data used by MERIC to determine cost of living on a state by state basis is poor. What MERIC did was give each state a cost of living index by averaging the cost of living indices for all the municipalities that responded to a quarterly survey conducted by the Council for Community and Economic Research. This survey is designed to allow clients to compare the cost of living of individual cities, not states. The reason for this is that the response rate to this survey varies widely from state to state, fails to include a large number of sizable cities, and generally fails account for rural areas. This means that the survey is subject to a huge response bias, which is not a problem if you are using it to compare individual data points to each other (as intended), but is a problem when trying to make statistical inferences about wider trends.

Considering that the data used to determine cost of living is poor, it follows that the statistic you are using is unreliable.

Yer killing me here by JGillman, 06/15/2011 07:37:17 AM EST (none / 0)
Clearly . . . by Kevin Rex Heine, 06/15/2011 09:36:44 AM EST (none / 0)

Not the problem in this case by mm9, 06/15/2011 11:23:58 AM EST (none / 0)

I got one fer ya (none / 0) (#3)
by Corinthian Scales on Wed Jun 15, 2011 at 08:19:20 AM EST

Wisconsin Supremes say Dimocrat Judge Sumi is a douche. Void ab initio.

Governor Walker and his fellow Republicans deserve a big 'ol attaboy.

Our's? Recalls.

Why wait? by KG One, 06/15/2011 09:01:04 AM EST (none / 0)

ARRRGH! by JGillman, 06/15/2011 09:32:30 AM EST (none / 0)

I call BS on that by Corinthian Scales, 06/15/2011 09:45:14 AM EST (none / 0)
Just think of it as... by KG One, 06/15/2011 10:51:34 AM EST (none / 0)

Not waiting. Am gathering. by Corinthian Scales, 06/15/2011 09:47:22 AM EST (none / 0)

Saw that. by JGillman, 06/15/2011 09:34:48 AM EST (none / 0)

Ya, well... by Corinthian Scales, 06/15/2011 10:04:41 AM EST (none / 0)

LSJ Headline (none / 0) (#13)
by grannynanny on Wed Jun 15, 2011 at 12:28:31 PM EST

Evidently Gov. Snerdly agrees with the liberal complainers and orders the link to the Mackinac Center to be removed from Mich.gov website.

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110615/NEWS01/106150321/Snyder-orders-link-Mackinac-Cen ter-think-tank-site-pulled?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

He could learn a lot if he would take the time to read what they have to say.

Expecting different from a Democrat RINO? by Corinthian Scales, 06/15/2011 12:46:21 PM EST (none / 0)
If anyone wants to know.... by KG One, 06/15/2011 01:57:02 PM EST (none / 0)

Do it involve... by Corinthian Scales, 06/15/2011 02:00:25 PM EST (none / 0)

Hmmmm... by KG One, 06/15/2011 02:02:48 PM EST (none / 0)

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