Topic: US real median weekly earnings in 1979: $335, 2024: $365
Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #119,285
That's a 9% increase.Meanwhile real GDP increased 214% during the same period.
If the distribution of wealth was the same as 50 years ago wages would be triple what they are now.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 6 minutes later[^] [v] #1,308,242
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 15 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,246
muh conservatism
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 3 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,247
Biden orchestrated a plan with party leadership to have all primary candidates endorse him at the same time to overtake Bernie, who was leading prior to that.
Bernie was talking about these issues, and when Biden took #1 place he refused to bring attention to these issues. He could have used the bully pulpit to beat these stats into the head of every American. He didn't, because his goal is to serve capital and sabotage any working class movement.
The democrats will never be the answer, they are there to rope the proles in and distract them with divisive culture issues. Minorities need material gains, but identity politics will splinter any movement they start. Only class consciousness would truly help the people the democrats pretend to care about.
I'm voting third party.
Bernie was talking about these issues, and when Biden took #1 place he refused to bring attention to these issues. He could have used the bully pulpit to beat these stats into the head of every American. He didn't, because his goal is to serve capital and sabotage any working class movement.
The democrats will never be the answer, they are there to rope the proles in and distract them with divisive culture issues. Minorities need material gains, but identity politics will splinter any movement they start. Only class consciousness would truly help the people the democrats pretend to care about.
I'm voting third party.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 32 minutes later, 58 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,251
@1,308,242 (B)
If you lose billions of dollars in bad business ventures, you too can pay only $750/year in taxes!
If you lose billions of dollars in bad business ventures, you too can pay only $750/year in taxes!
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 7 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,291
As a young entrant to the workforce, I spent the next decade at $1-$2 over minimum wage and just couldn't get ahead. I spoke with a shrink about being sad, they took my money, gave me happy pills, and never once said my life was shit because I was underpaid (but I was making the Subaru payments for her (the shrink)). I have a particular disdain for the US economy and politics. I caught up eventually but that's a decade I'll never get back; it was not fun.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 16 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,410
It's like tax cuts for the rich during and since the Regan era didn't actually help the common folk.
