the economy has always been a great engine of progress for the american people. In the last 30 years it has not been performing as such. Only A Fool Denies This. Period.
Today to get the same standard of living that people routinely enjoyed in 1965 with one person working we now require two people working. The pay people receive has gone down on a wholesale level when we measure it as a basket of goods that can be purchased in the economy for the pay received from one person working. People have done studies and written about it. I've read detailed articles in National Review, in the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere showing exactly this.
You may have reaf many articles; it is patently clear that you don't understand what you've claimed you've read, dear. ;-)
Taxation and greed, far outweigh current price levels, which, FYI are LESS , in many instances ( gasoline being but one such item ) than they were 30 years ago, in adjusted dollars, for two earners in families. You don't know anything about economics, nor historical standards of living. You keep proving this, by posting erronious drivel.
Today to get the same standard of living that people routinely enjoyed in 1965 with one person working we now require two people working.
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That's a serious point. In touting recent economic trends the move is to talk about family income. The one-earner family income is not rosey. Increases in family income are the result of increases in pay for wives.