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mortgagepants t1_j64kbdr wrote

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all prices just went up but wages didn't. maybe those two things aren't as closely linked as you think they are?

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Bartleby_TheScrivene t1_j64tkp4 wrote

Didn't wages increase a ton in the last 2 years? I swear you must be reading different news than the rest of us.

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mortgagepants t1_j657zzc wrote

nonfarm payrolls are up 5.1%, inflation was 9.1; corporate price gouging was responsible for over 60% of the increase.

i must be reading different news because whatever you're reading is not grounded in reality.

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Bartleby_TheScrivene t1_j65fse7 wrote

https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/FT_21.12.14_PandemicWages_1.png

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mortgagepants t1_j65gvt3 wrote

lol so the hospitality sector, which was closed for 2 years, has had the highest wage gains.

are you surprised by that? what about gas prices? do you remember when a barrel of oil was less than zero dollars? what happened there?

i'm sure you could give me a full economic breakdown, but like your namesake, you'd "prefer not to".

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