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Economically screwed or culturally screwed. Take your pick.

The dwindling of America’s middle class wasn’t inevitable; it was a policy choice.

For more than 40 years, we’ve been sold a myth: that America’s rich and powerful were under siege — over-taxed, over-regulated and carrying the weight of the economy on their shoulders. We were told that if you ease up regulations on the rich, they will prosper, and the benefits will trickle down to the rest of the population. But the reality is that economic policy has only succeeded in rewarding the rich — and it’s done so at the direct expense of the middle class, the working class and the working poor. Let me explain the root of the problem: According to the Economic Policy Institute, largely due to new technology, U.S. worker productivity grew 59.7% from 1979 to 2019, meaning workers have become almost 60% more productive at their jobs in the past four decades. However, a worker’s reward for all that extra output over the same period has only been a 13.7% wage increase. That’s a gap of 46% between what workers are being underpaid relative to their output. In more practical terms, that’s about $9 an hour in lost potential earnings for the typical worker.
 
 
 

Punch » 01 Sep 2025, 10:00 am » wrote: ↑

01 Sep 2025, 10:00 am

Economically screwed or culturally screwed. Take your pick.

The dwindling of America’s middle class wasn’t inevitable; it was a policy choice.

For more than 40 years, we’ve been sold a myth: that America’s rich and powerful were under siege — over-taxed, over-regulated and carrying the weight of the economy on their shoulders. We were told that if you ease up regulations on the rich, they will prosper, and the benefits will trickle down to the rest of the population. But the reality is that economic policy has only succeeded in rewarding the rich — and it’s done so at the direct expense of the middle class, the working class and the working poor. Let me explain the root of the problem: According to the Economic Policy Institute, largely due to new technology, U.S. worker productivity grew 59.7% from 1979 to 2019, meaning workers have become almost 60% more productive at their jobs in the past four decades. However, a worker’s reward for all that extra output over the same period has only been a 13.7% wage increase. That’s a gap of 46% between what workers are being underpaid relative to their output. In more practical terms, that’s about $9 an hour in lost potential earnings for the typical worker.

How many votes have you cast for Supply Siders?

Blackvegetable » 01 Sep 2025, 10:31 am » wrote: ↑

01 Sep 2025, 10:31 am

How many votes have you cast for Supply Siders?

How many horse dicks have you pulled out of your mother's *** today, jiggly boo boo? 

murdock » 01 Sep 2025, 11:02 am » wrote: ↑

01 Sep 2025, 11:02 am

How many horse dicks have you pulled out of your mother's *** today, jiggly boo boo?

@Blackvegetable  are you gonna answer murdock's question, or just run?
 

Blackvegetable » 01 Sep 2025, 10:31 am » wrote: ↑

01 Sep 2025, 10:31 am

How many votes have you cast for Supply Siders?

Oh look. Hiding behind a question again. How unlike you.

murdock » 01 Sep 2025, 11:02 am » wrote: ↑

01 Sep 2025, 11:02 am

How many horse dicks have you pulled out of your mother's *** today, jiggly boo boo?

useless, unnecessary question

Punch » 01 Sep 2025, 10:00 am » wrote: ↑

01 Sep 2025, 10:00 am

Economically screwed or culturally screwed. Take your pick.

no spam

For more than 40 years, we’ve been sold a myth: that America’s rich and powerful were under siege — over-taxed, over-regulated and carrying the weight of the economy on their shoulders. We were told that if you ease up regulations on the rich, they will prosper, and the benefits will trickle down to the rest of the population. But the reality is that economic policy has only succeeded in rewarding the rich — and it’s done so at the direct expense of the middle class, the working class and the working poor. Let me explain the root of the problem: According to the Economic Policy Institute, no spam largely due to new technology, U.S. worker productivity grew 59.7% from 1979 to 2019, meaning workers have become almost 60% more productive at their jobs in the past four decades. However, a worker’s reward for all that extra output over the same period has only been a 13.7% wage increase. That’s a gap of 46% between what workers are being underpaid relative to their output. In more practical terms, that’s about $9 an hour in lost potential earnings for the typical worker.

Punch in the Gut..   The Big Beatiful Bill is more of the same.  

People are wondering if the BBO is coming out soon.. The Big Beautiful Obituary.  He's sick.  Who's in control? Has JD been seen in public?

Man MAGA Mike Johnson would be a trip in the Oval Cockpit.  Nuttin would get done.. Probably a lot of it.  
 

jerrab » 01 Sep 2025, 11:30 am » wrote: ↑

01 Sep 2025, 11:30 am

useless, unnecessary question

We are gonna start having to call him MurGROK.    I really am wondering if @Deezer Shoove  ​​​​​@Ronjul   are expirementing.  Sole Result never quits either.  He may be another bot.