The article is a huge dose of whipped cream on crap. People do comparisons with what they see around them, not what happened in the 1950’s. The premise of the article is correct: Incomes in MI are lower than they used to be.
That pig needs more lipstick...
Baby Boomers are living the good life, on the shoulders of those who came before them, doing all the heavy lifting and hard work, so their precious little off-spring could become good little air-headed socialists.
The Depression Era/World War 2 generation set the table. Now the pigs feast.
It’s absolute B.S. to say the “value” of the medical benefits received now is much greater than it was in 1969: that’s because medical care is so damn much more EXPENSIVE than it was in 1969!
Besides, an autoworker in 1969 paid $0.00 per month for his medical insurance, where now it’s in the 100s of dollars per month - does that sound better off???
The only thing I can think of that’s a better deal now than it was in ‘69 is the cost of a TV set; color TVs were hideously expensive then.
CC, do you agree?
So taxes are costing you $15,000 not counting inflation for benefits such as health care, paid vacation time, hour flexibility, improved work environments and even day care.
I’d rather have the cash.