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[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 64 points 4 days ago

Over the past year, blue-collar wages rose 3.8 percent while supermarket prices rose 2.7 percent.

Those bastards. Grocery prices went crazy in 2022 primarily and people still haven't recovered.

[-] micnd90@hexbear.net 74 points 4 days ago

Over the past year, blue-collar wages rose 3.8 percent while supermarket prices rose 2.7 percent. Over the past two years, wages increased 8.1 percent compared with a 4 percent rise for food. Over 10 years, wages rose 49.5 percent, prices 29.7 percent

Notice how they didn't mention "blue-collar" anymore for the comparison of the past 2 and 10 years - this is because they use average wages and most wage growths were in the top percentile. This piece got roasted by their own readers https://archive.is/erMlS

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 33 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Regardless, fuck them for lecturing the BS you and I go through every single day.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 25 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

focusing on food prices alone is also a tell because everything else has exploded in price way faster, negating the wage gains anyway

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 11 points 4 days ago

Food prices, energy prices, rent/mortgage prices, health care prices, and insurance prices rose. But yeah, tell me how my increased wage covers all that.

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