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10. Wages went up after NAFTA. Up.

Reply to Octafish (Reply #8)

Thu Jan 16, 2014, 08:46 AM

Jan 2014

The only time in the past 30-40 years that they've done that. We keep pointing that out: wages didn't rise under Reagan, or Poppy. They rose under Clinton, after NAFTA was enacted. Even W's two recessions didn't get rid of all of those wage increases (though it kept them treading water since 2000 or so).

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Wages went up after NAFTA. Up. Recursion Jan 2014 #10

What do the numbers show without CEO compensation? Octafish Jan 2014 #12

Median wages. Median. Not average. Recursion Jan 2014 #13

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and can that be attributed in large to NAFTA? cali Jan 2014 #14

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