PRINTER'S NO. 2661
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
584
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HILL-EVANS, SCHWEYER, DEAN, YOUNGBLOOD, DONATUCCI,
J. HARRIS, SIMS, KINSEY, CALTAGIRONE, PASHINSKI, WHEATLEY,
FRANKEL, ROZZI, FREEMAN, VAZQUEZ, V. BROWN, DRISCOLL,
McCARTER, ROEBUCK, BRADFORD, STURLA, DERMODY, FITZGERALD,
D. MILLER, SCHLOSSBERG, THOMAS, BULLOCK, DAVIDSON, READSHAW
AND KAVULICH, OCTOBER 30, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, OCTOBER 30, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct a comprehensive study on income inequality in this
Commonwealth.
WHEREAS, Income inequality refers to income which is
distributed in an uneven manner among a population; and
WHEREAS, Between 2009 and 2012, adjusted for inflation,
average incomes increased 3.7% in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, During that time, the overall income growth was
driven by an increase of 28.6% in the income of the top 1% of
earners; and
WHEREAS, During that same period, the bottom 99% of earners
in this Commonwealth saw their real incomes decline by 1.1%; and
WHEREAS, The unprecedented degree of income inequality in the
current economic expansion represents a confluence of long-term
and short-term forces; and
WHEREAS, In the short term, real wages have been falling for
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