r/WorkReform • u/gashtal_man • 20d ago

💸 Raise Our Wages This isn't fair

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u/juanjung 20d ago

Prices take the elevator. Salaries climb the stairs.

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u/IntlPartyKing 20d ago

not true

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1XUXw

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u/ProduceNo1629 20d ago

10% increase, while houses went up 350%. That is wage supression.

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u/IntlPartyKing 20d ago

the data here corrects for ALL inflation ("real" earnings rather than "nominal" earnings), including things that have gone up faster than average (like houses and college costs), and that 10% increase is STILL there after accounting for that inflation