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Beerman

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Clearly you don't get the argument. Let's try examples.


In 2008 Bob made $60k a year working in a widget factory. Mrs. Bob didn't work, she stayed home with their two small children. Then the market crashed and Widgets Inc. laid off half of their workforce. Including poor Bob.

Fast forward to 2018, and Bob's finally got steady work again. Now he's making $30k doing custodial work in the Widget factory, cleaning up after the engineers who babysit the robots that do Bob's old job. To help make ends meet, he also drives Uber on the weekends to clear another $5k annually. Mrs. Bob waits tables full time and pulls in another $25k. Thank the Lord for small miracles, the kids are old enough now to take care of themselves!

So yeah. Bob's household INCOME has rebounded to pre-recession levels. But his WAGES have gone backwards. Also life kind of sucks for Bob, but that's not a part of the report.

(In response to this post by TomKazanski)

Posted: 09/12/2018 at 9:07PM



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  I'll read the post later, but offer a few thoughts -- Capital City Hoo 09/12/2018 6:01PM
  Mrs bobs has gone up? -- TomKazanski 09/12/2018 9:19PM
  Trick question! -- Beerman 09/12/2018 9:29PM
  But in the end bob is a winner! -- TomKazanski 09/12/2018 9:38PM
  Sometimes Tommy... -- Beerman 09/12/2018 9:43PM
  It’s your argument not mine. -- TomKazanski 09/12/2018 9:01PM
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