Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO


If the economy is growing why aren't worker wages growing? I'm not an economist but I know the curves for Gross Domestic Product and that of worker's wages should move in correspondance but are not of course. The nation's revenues increase but the wages of workers have stayed at the same basic level and will continue to do so for the forseeable future. The reasons for this are numerous and are generally reflections of systemic problems in the economy.

Hence I don't expect to see the anyone campaigning on that statistic.