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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:05 PM Original message |
Flat incomes raise doubts about economic recovery |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. they should have been worried about those flat incomes for 40+ years. nt |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No shit. n/t |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. They rose ever so briefly under the first few years of Clinton |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Yep. nt |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. When incomes didn't rise in the '80s they gave us credit cards ... |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 06:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Facing the truth |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. my husband works for a large international |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. flat wages are a good thing for the corporatists... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Er . . . |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. My wife just got word they get no raises at her workplace |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 07:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. sounds like my job! |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Incomes Have Been Dropping Since The Early 1970s |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Right . . . rather than increasing the salaries of females -- which were once as low as 50% less -- |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 07:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. +1 |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. Put this in the "no shit, Sherlock" category. Anyone, ANYONE, who |
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bob4460 (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. We were the world's economic powerhouse |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. American jobs and manufacturing here in America is the Golden Goose. If the Administration |
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DollyM (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. at least you have a job . . . |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. And water is wet, the sky is blue and repukes are imbeciles. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. But WAIT! |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. "Green shoot" propaganda earlier in the week, this gets the Friday news dump. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'll say . . . and all of our jobs still being shipped overseas . . .!!! |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
20. "Stronger consumer spending is the key to a sustained recovery." |
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oct2010 (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. brother can you spare a dime ? nt |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. I am surprised they let this fact slip out |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
24. "The recovery could peter out"... |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. Rightie blames health care benefits |
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lifesbeautifulmagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I can understand his argument, although I believe that single payer |
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oct2010 (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. Just waiting for all the state unemployment aid to time out for the REAL story to take off behind . |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
28. K&R. nt. |
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LeFleur1 (973 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No Surprise |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
30. It may be NOTEWORTHY: Benefits are UP, while wages stagnate. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. +11111111111111111 |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. Having proper paying jobs, for people who like to put in the effort, is what's needed. |
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