According to the U.S Census Bureau: Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2015 dollars), 2011-2015, was $33,236

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts selected: New York

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/36

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And  Congress has not raised the minimum wage in years:

It's been 10 years since Congress raised the minimum wage - May. 25 ...

money.cnn.com/2017/05/25/news/economy/minimum-wage-bill.../index.html
May 25, 2017 - Congress hasn't raised the federal minimum wage in 10 years. ... 10 years since the last time the federal government raised the minimum wage ...

The Federal Minimum Wage Has Not Been Raised In 5 Years | HuffPost

www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/.../federal-minimum-wage-five-years_n_5617950.ht...
Jul 24, 2014 - The Federal Minimum Wage Has Not Been Raised In 5 Years ... years have passed since the last time the federal minimum wage wasraised. ... in a series of increases passed by a Democratic-controlledCongress in 2007.

5 facts about the minimum wage | Pew Research Center

www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/04/5-facts-about-the-minimum-wage/
Jan 4, 2017 - While the idea of raising the minimum wage is broadly popular, efforts to ... hourly, though given Republican control of Congressthat prospect appears dim. ... Since it was last raised in 2009, to the current $7.25 per hour, the federal ..... A person working full time (40 hours) at a (Federal) minimum wage job ...

 

 

 

         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

 

 

"Those who have the gold make the rules."
See a list below of the nation's richest Senators in 2013
(-from OpenSecrets.org)
Rank Name The Richest Senators:

Minimum Net Worth
Average Maximum Net Worth
1 John Kerry (D-Mass) $182,755,534 $238,812,296 $294,869,059
2 Mark Warner (D-Va) $65,692,210 $174,385,102 $283,077,995
3 Herb Kohl (D-Wis) $89,358,027 $160,302,011 $231,245,995
4 Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa) $61,446,018 $98,832,010 $136,218,002
5 Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) $46,055,250 $77,082,134 $108,109,018
6 Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) $49,083,204 $76,886,611 $104,690,018
7 James E. Risch (R-Idaho) $19,468,057 $54,517,026 $89,565,995
8 Bob Corker (R-Tenn) $9,778,047 $50,717,522 $91,656,998
9 Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) $12,556,055 $28,612,527 $44,669,000
10 Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) $11,342,046 $28,116,022 $44,889,998
11 Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) $15,681,206 $21,612,106 $27,543,006
12 Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) $7,102,036 $19,929,018 $32,756,000
13 Kay R. Hagan (D-NC) $3,549,596 $18,349,788 $33,149,981
14 Michael F Bennet (D-Colo) $6,217,020 $16,998,510 $27,780,000
15 Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $10,447,125 $16,764,563 $23,082,001
16 John McCain (R-Ariz) $9,769,247 $15,921,120 $22,072,994
17 Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $6,393,295 $13,633,647 $20,874,000
18 Ben Nelson (D-Neb) $8,010,107 $12,316,554 $16,623,001
19 Johnny Isakson (R-Ga) $6,407,085 $11,917,542 $17,427,999
20 Ted Kaufman (D-Del) $8,330,458 $8,330,458 $8,330,458
21 Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) $3,067,224 $8,189,111 $13,310,999
22 Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala) $4,344,023 $7,256,012 $10,168,002
23 Judd Gregg (R-NH) $3,027,082 $6,654,541 $10,282,000
24 James M. Inhofe (R-Okla) $2,789,052 $6,325,525 $9,861,999
25 Ron Wyden (D-Ore) $5,351,035 $6,246,019 $7,141,004

Some folks listed above for 2013 are no longer in Congress but the plutocracy continues. See the below 2017 news links:

 

List of current members of the United States Congress by wealth ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/.../List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress...
(February 2017). Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is the wealthiest member ofCongress, with a net worth of $254.65 million. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), with a net worth of $90.85 million, and ranked 4th, is the wealthiest Senator. This list of members of the United States Congress by wealth includes only the fifty richest ...

The 15 Richest Politicians in the United States

www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/richest-politicians-united-states.html/?a=viewall
April 03, 2017. Facebook · Twitter · Linkedin · Googleplus ... For example, during the 113th Congressional session, 268 of the 534 members ofCongress were millionaires. The House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and Cabinet are ...

Palace, Senate: Multi-millionaires' club of 2017 | ABS-CBN News

news.abs-cbn.com › Focus

Feb 17, 2017 - THEY are all multi-millionaires, two of them evenbillionaires. ... Note: The senators of the 17th Congress were ranked based on the latest ...

 

   Is it any wonder why many IN Congress are preoccupied in 2017 with cutting taxes for 'the rich' and their families - a bipartisan hope for the wealthy we believe - instead of finding ways to enact (still) affordable health care for all?  Or even tax cuts for all Americans together with some funding for needed infrastructure improvements nationwide?