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In response to "Jobs: 157K vs projected 190K. Unemployment down a tick to 3.9%. Wages up 2.7% vs last year. Deficit rose for the first time in 4 months by 7.3% -- nm" by decline

Wages are up? Lol -- nm

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Aug 3 '18, 05:58

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It was me. I got .48 more cents an hour. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 06:26
wages or real wages? -- nm* - Reagen Aug 3, 06:14 1
- Nominal. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 06:15
I’d love to see breakouts of wage changes by income level, but I don’t think the BLS includes that in their surveys. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 3, 06:06
seriously. -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 06:01 8
- No one I know is seeing any real difference in their checks. That tax cut didn't do a damn thing for middle class pay checks. -- nm - Krusty Aug 3, 06:04 7
  - And that's exactly how it was written. The republicans just sold people on the bill. -- nm - MDH Aug 3, 06:16 2
    - (it is extremely unpopular, FWIW) -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 06:52 1
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  - Well, duh. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 06:16 3
    - It would be nice if more people noticed they got screwed but they don't and won't. :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 3, 06:17 2
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      - It’s not like anything has changed, they’re always screwed one way or another, so what’s there to notice? -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 06:21

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