Where we went off the rails as a country or why a graph is worth a thousand words.

[Jim Warren]

1980.

This may have been posted before, no matter, it need be numerously posted.....and passed on.
Please take a moment to explore this graph, a credible source, simple format and speaks volumes, particularly the 1913 to 2010 time line mid-page.....it cleanly illustrates the policy efforts of FDR and then fully exposes the Reagan transfer of wealth.

https://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/09/04/opinion/04reich-graphic.html

Pass it on.

[L. Coyote]

1. The image:

[deutsey]

2. Until something is done to truly rectify this, any "reforms" will be

rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

[Jim Warren]

6. You're right

This is it in a nutshell, everything else is just more rhetoric.

[SoCalDem]

3. Increasing wages were traded for EZ-Credit, in the form of plastic

:(

[Jim Warren]

4. Yes, flat wages

while at the same time productivity was soaring.

Just work hard and you'll get ahead, uh huh.

[SoCalDem]

5. If you could get that couch NOW, for $10 a month

why pressure the boss for a pay increase.. years of lessening pressure for wages made it easier to crush unions,and of course a glut of boomers entering the workforce all at once, made labor cheaper too..

The "perfect storm".....:(