No, Trump Voters -- Your Wages Aren't Going Up - by David Cay Johnston

[DonViejo]

August 16, 2018 4:14 am

We’ve got some disappointing news for all those people who voted for Donald Trump because he promised rising wages.

While Trump keeps saying wages are rising the official government data show that’s just not true.

Consider a worker paid the median wage, half make more and half less, of $600 a week in round numbers. If she got the average 2.8% raise on July 1, her gross pay rose by a bit under $17.

Now consider inflation since her last raise a year earlier. Inflation ran 2.9%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

That means our model worker is actually making less in real wages. Its only 60-cents less each week, not that she’d notice, but less is less and most definitely is not more no matter how often Trump says otherwise.

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[NewJeffCT]

1. Great points - Democrats need to get good talking points on this

"Yes, your wages may have gone up a tiny bit, but at the same time, gas is up almost $1/gallon these past 18 months and your health insurance is going to go up by 90% over the next 3 years because of Donald Trump and Paul Ryan. Can you afford to pay double what you are for your health insurance?"