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PaulX2

(2,032 posts)
Tue Dec 4, 2018, 01:48 PM Dec 2018

Media Jerks Stop Saying The Economy Is Doing Well

Its only doing well for some not most of us.

No real good wage growth in 40 years.

Just because it could be worse doesnt make it good

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Media Jerks Stop Saying The Economy Is Doing Well (Original Post) PaulX2 Dec 2018 OP
I agree 100%. Ohiogal Dec 2018 #1
K&R. It's doing well for the people who say it's doing well ck4829 Dec 2018 #2

Ohiogal

(40,597 posts)
1. I agree 100%.
Tue Dec 4, 2018, 02:01 PM
Dec 2018

Ask the thousands of auto workers who will now be forced to take jobs at half of what they made in a union plant. Or the folks working two jobs with no benefits. Or the school teachers who can't afford to live where they teach. This economy only works for some people, not all. And I, too, am tired of hearing journalists calling it a "booming economy."

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