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2014-08-12 Economy

New jobs pay 23% less than those lost during the Great Recession.

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Posted by DarthVader 2014-08-12 11:35|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Hope and change!

Posted by DarthVader 2014-08-12 11:36|| 2014-08-12 11:36|| Front Page Top

#2 ...but, but we need to flood the low skilled labor market will with ~~hundreds of thousands~~ a million more workers who can't speak English and another hundred thousand H1-B workers to keep skilled workers wages down! /sarc

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-08-12 12:28|| 2014-08-12 12:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't worry, a house is much less affordable now as well, even if wages hadn't fallen!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-08-12 13:32|| 2014-08-12 13:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Is lowering the minimum wage an option? To keep up with deflation.

Posted by airandee 2014-08-12 15:35|| 2014-08-12 15:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Government dependency? More foot soldiers for the Free Shit Army, meaning more voters for the Damnationcrats. Working as designed.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-08-12 15:37|| 2014-08-12 15:37|| Front Page Top

#6 23% less. Add to that there are far fewer jobs now than before 2008 despite what they say in the D.C. Magic Kingdom.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-08-12 15:42|| 2014-08-12 15:42|| Front Page Top

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