Re:Why Wages Aren’t Growing
by TheAdamAndChe on Friday September 22, 2017 @12:21AM
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> You don't see your paycheck getting bigger, but your total compensation (if you get employer sponsored health insurance) has risen.
This is wrong. While the majority of people haven't been seeing an increase in wages, the upper-middle class has[1]. Workers don't see things like "total compensation" when it all goes to insurance premiums. If the lower classes continue to experience a declining quality of life while the upper classes live opulently, there will come a time of destabilization. Don't you understand this? Shouldn't we try to avoid that?
Re:Why Wages Aren’t Growing
by KekDemaga on Friday September 22, 2017 @07:26AM
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Total compensation is up that is a fact, healthcare costs have risen dramatically post Obamacare and paying that cost is the raise most Americans got over the last 8 years.
This is wrong. While the majority of people haven't been seeing an increase in wages, the upper-middle class has[1]. Workers don't see things like "total compensation" when it all goes to insurance premiums. If the lower classes continue to experience a declining quality of life while the upper classes live opulently, there will come a time of destabilization. Don't you understand this? Shouldn't we try to avoid that?
[1] http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/21/news/economy/upper-middle-cl...