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Re:Now That He Has No Power, Mitt Romney Says "Tax the Rich" by simonsarris on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @09:37PM (#46440712)
It is a lie (or decades out of date) that wages have stagnated. Wages were stagnant from ~1979 to 1997. They have increased a lot since then.

Median usual weekly real earnings: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q

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