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To: 1rudeboy

Nice graphs,

Wages up 3.19% from 2001-2005. So, adjusted for inflation of at least 2.0% a year, at minimum, wages have actually DECLINED, albeit not as much as they did under that idiot Clinton.

Also, one of your charts shows average real hourly earnings at a little over $8.20/hr. At a standard 2000 hr work year, that is $16,400/year. There may well be pockets in rural North Dakota, or Arkansas, where you can scrape by on this, but you will be hard-pressed to live on that amount of money anywhere else.

Both of these charts are garbage. They just threw in everybody from the CEO to the high school kid working 12 hours a week delivering pizzas. Also they cherry-picked the numbers. 1995-2000, a period of rapid, though ultimately false growth is missing.


62 posted on 06/07/2006 2:12:11 PM PDT by coladirienzi
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To: coladirienzi

Best take a closer look at the graph. And get your refund right away.


63 posted on 06/07/2006 2:13:48 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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