Re: Wages Up by Smallest Amount in Nine Years


Thumper wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:25:24 GMT, "MichaelC"
> <mikecraney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Sue" <susanhofftman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:1138725782.794685.12710@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> I already posted that the highest inflation corrected average hourly
> >> incomes occurred
> >> in the early 1970s. They are now currently dropping from their levels
> >> earlier in 2005. The BLS publishes 1982 inflation corrected figures,
> >> these
> >> were over $9 an hour in the 1970s and around $8 now. That is 30 years
> >> of down hill
> >> "progress" in the wages of the average hourly employed person.
> >>
> >> Private employers are moving out of both the health insurance and
> >> pensions, so
> >> these costs for them are dropping. Globally, health care costs
> >> currently stand
> >> over 15% of the GDP, at their highest historical level. They are
> >> projected to
> >> move even higher in the next few years. And over 40 million remain
> >> uncovered by insurance.
> >>
> >> This is not a rosy picture.
> >
> >No, there are definitely negatives. However, mortgage rates have remained
> >low, home ownership is at an all time high,
>
> Forc;osures are up 34 %.
> Thumper

Data? Up over when? Whose numbers?

I have MBA numbers that say you are wrong.

http://www.mbaa.org/news/2005/pr1214.html

> > inflation is well under control,
> >unemployment is low,
> Under employment is high.

Prove it. Show me one iota of real data.

> >and certain significant market segments (such as Small
> >Cap stocks, measured by the Russell 2000) are at their all time high
> >(especially good, because it means that the small company sector is
> >experiencing good growth.)
> >
> Stocks mean nothing to a vast segment of society.
> Thumper

Idiot - half the working US population owns equities. Much of the
other half works for companies that are publically trade.

DATA Thumperroo. Thre strikes, one post - you're done.

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