tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post2825060421048409574..comments2024-03-27T19:00:02.499-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: Meanwhile. . .Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-49672705586562047682016-09-14T10:46:20.645-04:002016-09-14T10:46:20.645-04:00Though nominally higher than the minimum wage of 1...Though nominally higher than the minimum wage of 1968, the $15 per hour of today actually purchases less now in relative goods and services. Had minimum actually kept apace with currency inflation, minimum wage would reside somewhere in the middle twenty dollars range. <br />Of greater significance would be the fall in percentage of well compensated middle class jobs---they are almost nonexistent these days. The US economy increasingly resembles that of what were once termed 'third world' nations where nearly all of the wealth and assets fell under the control of a privileged top two or three percent.<br />Such is the unfolding of twenty-first century neo-feudalism. <br />Keep the process going, vote Hillary in 2016 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com