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You posted it now you back it up. If you can't provide some source material don't expect to be taken seriously. All I saw was a chart without reference to its relationship to anything.
Nice try but that won't work. You demanded of me a govermental source to support a statement and I provided it. Now the same is expected of you.
Start digging. It's not up to me to prove your claim. You made the claim. Support it.

You demanded of me a govermental source to support a statement and I provided it.

I didn't demand a government source to back your assertion that "Real wages have declined every year since 1973" post #123 or
"Decline in middle class real income since 1973, once again the GAO,31%"
18 posted on 03/27/2005 6:57:43 AM CST by em2vn

I'd be happy if you posted any source that backs up your claim.

If you can find a source to back your claims then obviously my link to a Heritage Foundation article must be wrong. Tell you what, as soon as you find one source that backs up your 31% decline, I'll find a government source that proves yours is wrong.

It's your move.

Now the same is expected of you. Start digging. It's not up to me to prove your claim. You made the claim. Support it.

Data extracted on: December 8, 2005 (10:18:25 AM)

Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Series Id: CEU0500000049 Not Seasonally Adjusted Super Sector: Total private Industry: Total private NAICS Code: N/A Data Type: AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS, 1982 DOLLARS
1994	7.60	7.58	7.54	7.55	7.55	7.49	7.48	7.45	7.53	7.55	7.53	7.55	7.53
1995	7.57	7.54	7.52	7.52	7.49	7.47	7.50	7.48	7.56	7.57	7.57	7.59	7.53
1996	7.60	7.56	7.53	7.55	7.51	7.53	7.51	7.52	7.60	7.58	7.59	7.63	7.57
1997	7.64	7.63	7.64	7.64	7.64	7.64	7.62	7.65	7.72	7.74	7.79	7.81	7.68
1998	7.84	7.87	7.87	7.87	7.86	7.83	7.82	7.87	7.94	7.94	7.97	7.97	7.89
1999	8.01	8.00	8.00	7.97	7.99	7.96	7.95	7.96	8.01	8.01	8.02	8.04	8.00
2000	8.09	8.04	7.98	8.04	8.00	7.96	7.98	7.99	8.04	8.07	8.07	8.11	8.03
2001	8.09	8.08	8.09	8.09	8.03	8.01	8.07	8.07	8.14	8.16	8.21	8.29	8.11
2002	8.29	8.25	8.21	8.18	8.17	8.20	8.18	8.18	8.26	8.26	8.27	8.35	8.24
2003	8.32	8.30	8.23	8.23	8.25	8.26	8.25	8.23	8.26	8.27	8.34	8.34	8.27
2004	8.33	8.31	8.23	8.23	8.20	8.14	8.17	8.20	8.25	8.22	8.22	8.27	8.23


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Okay, your turn. I'm sure your government source if better than mine. LOL!!