wages have stagnated for decades now. N o o n e in the USA cares when it comes to keeping wages low at the benefit of the rich. And of course, N o o n e is defined by journalists, federal government, and billionaires.

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pixelatedindex 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I feel like wages have stagnated too, but data says it has been keeping up (barely) with inflation: https://www.statista.com/chart/32428/inflation-and-wage-grow...

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jcranmer 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q

That's what you call stagnating wages?

	▲	runako 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That chart is rough. Q3 2025 about equivalent to 5-6 years prior.

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Apocryphon 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

State and local governments care?

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rusk 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As you’d expect from the staggeringly low (by international, 1st world standards) turnout

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ZeroGravitas 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The very first time I thought "That's it, Trump is done, it's over" is when he complained wages were too high in the US.

Clearly he thought it was a gaffe as he denied saying it shortly after saying it twice in two videotaped appearances. But he sailed on through that and many other misteps.

	▲	BLKNSLVR 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Everything he says ever, all the time, should be his undoing. And with every 'next thing' the US moves further from any pretext of democracy or rule of law.