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Re:Typical U.S. full-time salary would be $102k if wages had... by nsriv on Sunday September 27, 2020 @11:15AM (#24607235)
March may seem like cherry-picking, but for those in the US managing their household finances, March is when everything went belly up.
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Re:Typical U.S. full-time salary would be $102k if wages had... by SpicyLemonZest on Sunday September 27, 2020 @11:26AM (#24607331)
The point is that it's not a real increase in wealth. It's like measuring unemployment rates from April to today and concluding that the pandemic created millions of jobs.
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