writes:
>On 5/17/2019 3:07 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 2:27:17 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 May 2019 10:56:01 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 1:47:27 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2019 03:38:01 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 12:55:04 AM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 16 May 2019 20:34:53 -0500, Sqwertz >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> snip
>>>>>>>> Nobody had Corned Beef on sale here for St Patricks Day. It used to
>>>>>>>> be $.99/$1.29 10 for St Pats 10 years ago. I think we're (Central
>>>>>>>> Texas) being punished for sucking up all the beef brisket from the
>>>>>>>> U.S. other times of the year. Smoked and trimmed brisket packer
>>>>>>>> brisket here comes with a 1000%-1200% markup from BBQ trailers and
>>>>>>>> restaurants ($2/lb raw retail, $24/lb smoked).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>>> Back in those days you could buy a whole brisket for $.89/pound.
>>>>>>> Prices just aren't what they used to be.
>>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And wages are higher, too. Food costs in general are quite low,
>>>>>> even if meat prices have increased a lot in the past few years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>
>>>>> wages are higher for some people
>>>>
>>>> Wages are higher for everybody. Not as much at the bottom end
>>>> as the top, of course.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have an example of someone making less money for the
>>>> same work now compared to 10 years ago?
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>>> no. what I meant was that rising costs are out stripping the rising
>>> costs of food for many people on the bottom portion of the wage scale.
>>> I do not mean to start an argument about it
>>
>> Sound like I was basically agreeing with you. People at the bottom
>> are suffering, but more because of factors that aren't rising food
>> prices.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>When I graduated high school the minimum was was $1.55. Adjusted for
>inflation, today it would be $10.41 Obviously, many states did not keep
>up.
>
>If you've been in the workforce for a number of years, plug in some
>numbers to see how well you've fared over the years.
>https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

over the past 40 years most people working in the U.S. have seen no
increase in pay after accounting for inflation