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Do they still live paycheck to paycheck after receiving a raise?

If so, the problem likely isn’t the paycheck.



At most times during the last 50 years, wages have been growing slower than inflation.


Ah, the old moral failing! It’s not that there are flaws in the system that could be improved, it’s the poor people who are sinful. Got it!




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