ROFLMAO. Please, feel free to find an uncooked graph showing your feelings are correct.
It is meaningless. Is it true? How do I know?
More research, less Oprah.
Is it commensurate with the rising cost of living? Whose wages exactly are going up?
Do I have to translate everything down to your level? You see where it says "Average Real Hourly Earnings"?
Real means it's adjusted for inflation. That means earnings are rising faster than the cost of living.
Average means average. Look it up if you don't know what average means.
I look around me and see that things are good for people in my neighborhood. Now. I look around and see that things are not so good for a lot of other people to the point that they feel beaten down before they ever get a start.
Well, there you go. Your limited observations are much better than the "cooked" numbers from the U.S. Labor Department. You'd better get going, I wouldn't want you to miss your Jerry Springer!!
The gubmint cooks their figures just like everybody else who can get away with it.
I never watch those stupid shows, but I confess to listening to talk radio too much. At least they talk about the real world and not trotting sad people out to spill their family problems on tv for ratings and money.