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Thursday, December 08, 2011

Why Raises Have Become Rare

The cost of fat is rising faster than your paycheck, about five times as fast. And it’s not only the price of butter and oil at the supermarket that are making your pay increases – if you are getting any at all – look slim. In the past year, the prices of clothing, public transportation and even trash collection are all up more than the earnings of the average American worker.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well it ain't obamies fault , he's done everything to improve this economy , the most important was printing more money. The next thing was to spend more money , so , having said ,that don't it make good cents?
Ya ever see what can happen to a country this bad in just 3 long , long years.
Like I said before , if Charles Manson were running against obamie
I'd vote for Manson.

Anonymous said...

For Heaven's sake, Get real. charles manson has no foreign policy experience.

Anonymous said...

I get a raise every time I increase the rent on my rental properties.