sanitation@lemmy.today to politics @lemmy.world · 21 days agoWages Are Falling. Wealth Is Surging. No Wonder Americans Are Unhappy.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down13
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minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·21 days agoBack when the average US wage was $5,000.00 a year a Rolls Royce was $20,000. The average couple could scrimp for a month and afford to go to a Broadway show and eat at a fancy restaurant. When was the last time you had something that was the best of the best?
Back when the average US wage was $5,000.00 a year a Rolls Royce was $20,000.
The average couple could scrimp for a month and afford to go to a Broadway show and eat at a fancy restaurant.
When was the last time you had something that was the best of the best?