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Honeycombe8

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6. And....here we go.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 03:07 PM

Jun 2018

The whittling away of what little expendable income many working and middle class people have. All the while, businesses complain of having to pay semi-decent wages. It's such a hardship on them, and if only they could cut those wages, it would CREATE jobs! Many jobs! Many people each working for a fraction of the pay that workers get now.

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U.S. Inflation Accelerates to Six-Year High, Eroding Wages [View all] DonViejo Jun 2018 OP

The have's and the have not's.................what a country..............since 1980 wages turbinetree Jun 2018 #1

The Deplorables love it. It's what they want. High prices, low wages and few RKP5637 Jun 2018 #3

We are going into a "R" to "D" Iliyah Jun 2018 #2

Gee, what a surprise YessirAtsaFact Jun 2018 #4

The Fed will have to raise rates tomorrow IronLionZion Jun 2018 #5

And....here we go. Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #6

...and Turd's tariffs haven't even hit yet. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #7

Graphs of inflation-adjusted hourly earnings of production and non-supervisory workers progree Jun 2018 #8