2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Blaming Sanders: Why Democratic Party Unity is Officially Impossible [View all]creeksneakers2
(7,472 posts)Because if you count increases in wealth since the recovery started you'd see a big jump in stock prices. What ought to be factored in though is where the stock market was before the dip.
Growth has been slow since the recession but we are inching our way forward. At this point in a recovery, we expect to see trade-offs between job growth and strong wage growth. Earnings growth in May was encouraging. So far this year, average hourly earnings for private employees have increased 3.2 percent at an annual rate. As we get closer to full employment we'll see more growth in wages.
I don't know what you want to eliminate inequality. Do you want to confiscate everything from the haves and hand it out to the have nots? That would be very problematic. Barring that solution we will have inequality. I don't see the problem with some people getting more. I see the problem with some people not getting more or even getting less.
Hillary is not the tool of the elites you guys love to say she is. She has a very liberal voting record. We can continue to make progress if the Republicans don't take over everything.