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Takket

(21,560 posts) Wed Dec 12, 2018, 01:28 PM Dec 2018

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62% of Americans got no pay increase in 2018

https://www.wxyz.com/news/study-6-in-10-employed-americans-report-no-salary-increase-in-2018

Where is the trickle down????!?!

So when you factor in inflation this basically means 62% have LESS purchasing power now than they did a year ago!

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62% of Americans got no pay increase in 2018 (Original Post) Takket Dec 2018 OP

And many workers are now ghosting their jobs. greymattermom Dec 2018 #1

many ghost before their first day too crazycatlady Dec 2018 #3

This is was the tax scam hid mercuryblues Dec 2018 #2

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)

1. And many workers are now ghosting their jobs.

Reply to Takket (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2018, 01:32 PM

Dec 2018

Wonder why?

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)

3. many ghost before their first day too

Reply to greymattermom (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 12, 2018, 02:25 PM

Dec 2018

mercuryblues

(14,530 posts)

2. This is was the tax scam hid

Reply to Takket (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2018, 02:23 PM

Dec 2018

People got less taken out of their paychecks. that gave an appearance of a raise. In a few weeks they will realize they will owe $$$ for taxes.

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