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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by WalterBright on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:28AM (#29590308)
> why are real wages flat?

Good question. One answer is the government consumes ever more of the GDP. This is going to negatively impact real wages.

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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by avgcorrection on Friday December 17, 2021 @07:26AM (#29591255)
One answer? Or an answer that happened to fit the predetermined conclusion “government’s fault”?

More of the share of productivity has gone to the owners and CEOs compared to the workers over the last 40 years. That’s the fact base that we are working from. Your supposed answer fits like a square in a round hole.

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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by WalterBright on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:49PM (#29597465)
Where do you think all the trillions the government spends comes from?

You could give all the CEO pay to the workers and it won't make any difference, except you won't have a competent CEO anymore.

Any worker can become an owner by buying stock.

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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by avgcorrection on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:42PM (#29598690)
> Any worker can become an owner by buying stock.

That’s some real “just stop being poor” advice.

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