[Toddsterpatriot]

Here’s a link:

EPI? No links from the DNC?

From your "source".

Looks like wages have increased, especially since NAFTA.

[am452]

Looks like wages have increased, especially since NAFTA.

Looks like the middle class wages have slightly risen but then again looks like they have been going down since 2003. but look at the 95th percentile-there wages have shot through the roof. And you say there is not a growing disparity in wages? No wonder the democrats are going to win in 2008.

[Mase]

EPI? No links from the DNC?

LOL! The number of times this group shows up on a conservative website......

Perhaps these threads should begin with a list of all the socialists and union leaders who control this "think" tank. Would that dissuade the doomers from using them as a source?

[RSmithOpt]

If you can, pull the 1973 base $100 dollar (weekly?) figure from the 1993 line. The subtract that from the base 1973 $100 figure for the year 2006.

If I understand that chart correctly, Looks to me like 107-102 = +5 for the median wage increase in percentages. A total of 5% increase in buying power for 13 years, not bad, hugh? That = less and a 0.4% per year increase.

Now that's positive and that is good, very good.

But what has caught my eye is personal and household debt percentage increases, and add in % personal savings (investment) for that same period.

Comparing those 3 sets of data...........You may see what I'm saying to be of great concern. That's what is making me spell I-N-F-L-A-T-I-O-N and erosion (erasing?) of that true buying power for the median wage earner for this next down cycle through the upcoming election year plus 2 more years.

[Thorin]

Real wages for median wage earners (read, the middle class) are only marginally higher today than they were in 1973. And they are trending down.