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robbob

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7. Are those the actual salries they made/make

Reply to JaneyVee (Original post)

Thu Nov 7, 2013, 01:01 AM

Nov 2013

Or are they adjusting the present day salaries to account for inflation? Because if people are making fewer actual dollars then they were 40 years ago, THAT is an outrage.

...I mean it sucks anyways if wages haven't kept up with inflation but if those are the actual dollar incomes of jobs today then when you account for inflation wages have gone down by an incredible amount.

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This is probably why you are broke and stuff [View all] JaneyVee Nov 2013 OP

Mr. Reich gets it DJ13 Nov 2013 #1

Dammit. toby jo Nov 2013 #10

He needs to head Obama's economic team. progressoid Nov 2013 #2

Wish we could start a Foundation... ReRe Nov 2013 #3

This should be a commercial on the teevee AndyA Nov 2013 #4

First you have to get passed the corporate heads that own the TV. Rebellious Republican Nov 2013 #5

K&R.... daleanime Nov 2013 #6

Are those the actual salries they made/make robbob Nov 2013 #7

Actual salaries. And you are correct. n/t jtuck004 Nov 2013 #8

No, these figures have to be adjusted for inflation frazzled Nov 2013 #11

there is very small print under the 70s wages that says "adjusted for inflation" magical thyme Nov 2013 #12

In the 70s most homes were one income demigoddess Nov 2013 #14

But if two people together are bank tellers mountain grammy Nov 2013 #9

At 61 fucking years, I'm working harder than I ever have JEB Nov 2013 #13

hard to believe Obama could pass up people like Reich, Krugman, Dean Baker rurallib Nov 2013 #15

Aside from basic things going up in cost SheilaT Nov 2013 #16