Of course, it just makes sense in a growing economy. The class-envy crowd is trying to sell us the old Marxist poop about the capital vs labor lie; that the “workers” aren’t getting any benefit from the good economy, which might be true if we were a socialist economy, but we aren’t. The economy is doing well because of the efforts of all the individual citizens. Duh.
robert108 - 08:10am on 10/31/2006
WOOF - 03:10pm on 10/31/2006
Growing Economy
LOL
Troy_Pineri - 03:10pm on 10/31/2006
Woof, real wages doesn’t take into account growth in compensation in the form of health benefits, etc.
Why don’t you be honest and find a chart for total compensation?
Troy: Just because you don’t want to believe that there’s a growing economy doesn’t make it any less true.
Rob - 03:10pm on 10/31/2006
Troy? Did the evil Republicans cut your welfare check? Boohoo.
2Hotel9 - 03:10pm on 10/31/2006
growth in compensation in the form of health benefits,
Who is getting more health benefits? Most Americans are losing benefits or are required to pay a larger share of the premium.
Troy_Pineri - 03:10pm on 10/31/2006
Troy, the numbers quoted in the post would tend to show that you’re just plain wrong:
For the third quarter, benefit costs rose by 1.1 percent, up from a 0.8 percent gain in the second quarter. Wages and salaries were up 0.9 percent, matching the increase in the second quarter.
Businesses are spending more on benefits.
Maybe you’re relying too much on what politicians tell you instead of reality. Now if we could get health care prices back down by making individuals more responsible for paying for their own health care (I’m thinking health savings accounts) we’d really be getting somewhere.
Rob - 03:10pm on 10/31/2006
Businesses are spending more on benefits.
Who is spending more?
Maybe you’re relying too much on what politicians tell you instead of reality.
The Irony
Troy_Pineri - 03:10pm on 10/31/2006
The lefties have to lie about the economy because they are emotionally unable to admit that our President has had any success at all. Because they are arrogant elitists, like Seymour Hersh, they think we will swallow any old crap that they put out, because we are so ignorant.
Here’s the bottom line: Workers who make more money buy more and better stuff; therefore, it is in the best interest of businesses to have more productive workers who make(because of their efforts, not govt mandates) more money. The only people who want a large “worker class” are the Marxists, who need to have a large portion of the population dependent on govt.
robert108 - 04:10pm on 10/31/2006
The President/Fed Reserve has to lie about the economy because they are emotionally unable to admit that our economic system is crashing. Because they are arrogant elitists, like Seymour Hersh, they think we will swallow any old crap that they put out, because we are so ignorant.
Here’s the bottom line: Workers who borrow more money buy more and better stuff; therefore, it is in the best interest of businesses to offer more credit, and financing, and lower interest rates, over longer peoriods of time, so they can make(because of their efforts, not govt mandates) more money. No one in American govt wants to tell the truth, because who wants their legacy to be the same as Hoover’s.
Of course, it just makes sense in a growing economy. The class-envy crowd is trying to sell us the old Marxist poop about the capital vs labor lie; that the “workers” aren’t getting any benefit from the good economy, which might be true if we were a socialist economy, but we aren’t. The economy is doing well because of the efforts of all the individual citizens. Duh.
LOL
Woof, real wages doesn’t take into account growth in compensation in the form of health benefits, etc.
Why don’t you be honest and find a chart for total compensation?
Troy: Just because you don’t want to believe that there’s a growing economy doesn’t make it any less true.
Troy? Did the evil Republicans cut your welfare check? Boohoo.
Who is getting more health benefits? Most Americans are losing benefits or are required to pay a larger share of the premium.
Troy, the numbers quoted in the post would tend to show that you’re just plain wrong:
Businesses are spending more on benefits.
Maybe you’re relying too much on what politicians tell you instead of reality. Now if we could get health care prices back down by making individuals more responsible for paying for their own health care (I’m thinking health savings accounts) we’d really be getting somewhere.
Who is spending more?
The Irony
The lefties have to lie about the economy because they are emotionally unable to admit that our President has had any success at all. Because they are arrogant elitists, like Seymour Hersh, they think we will swallow any old crap that they put out, because we are so ignorant.
Here’s the bottom line: Workers who make more money buy more and better stuff; therefore, it is in the best interest of businesses to have more productive workers who make(because of their efforts, not govt mandates) more money. The only people who want a large “worker class” are the Marxists, who need to have a large portion of the population dependent on govt.
The President/Fed Reserve has to lie about the economy because they are emotionally unable to admit that our economic system is crashing. Because they are arrogant elitists, like Seymour Hersh, they think we will swallow any old crap that they put out, because we are so ignorant.
Here’s the bottom line: Workers who borrow more money buy more and better stuff; therefore, it is in the best interest of businesses to offer more credit, and financing, and lower interest rates, over longer peoriods of time, so they can make(because of their efforts, not govt mandates) more money. No one in American govt wants to tell the truth, because who wants their legacy to be the same as Hoover’s.