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Re:Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart by jcriddle4 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:53PM (#14959766)
"Why is this a problem, as long as everyone is not worse off?". Well actually for a large number of people it is getting worse. Here is data on middle class losing ground: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/12/09/the-american-middl...

Here is data on life expediencies: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/08/50466760...

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Re:Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart by grondilu on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:00PM (#14959834)
> Well actually for a large number of people it is getting worse.

Maybe, but that's not what was complained about in the original article. So OP's point stands.

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Re:Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart by rco8786 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:07PM (#14959911)
Uh, OP's point was why does it matter if people are no worse off and people are worse off. Point does not stand.
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