US Wages Finally Get Back to Where They Were in 1973

Re:US Wages Finally Get Back to Where They Were in 1973 by lokidokiro on Friday April 19, 2019 @12:31PM (#19700844)

Another way of writing the same title that sounds completely different: "Inflation adjusted US wages reach highest level since 1973."

I'll never understand what compels journalists (or wannabe journalists) to insert words like "finally" into their headlines. It would have been just fine without that one word.

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Re:US Wages Finally Get Back to Where They Were in 1973 by mabbo on Friday April 19, 2019 @01:23PM (#19701272)

Because the GDP growth in that time is staggering, yet workers have shared in none of it. If the proportion of the country's earnings going up labor had been maintained, the average wage would be double.

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Re:US Wages Finally Get Back to Where They Were in 1973 by aristophenes on Friday April 19, 2019 @02:36PM (#19701854)

Or "Inflation adjusted US Wages hit a new all time high, first since 1973". There really are not a lot of ways to spin this in a negative way, but somehow they did it. Why try to make people feel depressed about it? It's great!

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