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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Aug 15

    Real US wages are essentially back at 1974 levels, Pew reports https://usat.ly/2KUo7eT pic.twitter.com/39kdoMIpzZ

    7:15 AM - 15 Aug 2018
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      2. Dave Varner‏ @wyodiplomat Aug 15
        Replying to @USATODAY

        I don't think this is correct, in 1974 I only made 8.85 an hour working construction and a second job in filling station at 4.25 hr.. In 1979 when I went into Law Enforcement I mad 787.00 per month and no benefits. Someone here needs to do some math!

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      3.  🍕 🌮 🦇 ⚾𝔓𝔦𝔷𝔷𝔞/𝔱𝔞𝔠𝔬𝔰/𝔟𝔞𝔱𝔰/𝔴𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱‏ @batsdingerbonds Aug 15
        Replying to @wyodiplomat @USATODAY

        The person who needs to do math is you. “In fact, the real average wage, which Pew defines as "the wage after accounting for inflation" has roughly the same purchasing power as it did 40 years ago. And most of the increases have gone to those who were already the highest-paid.”

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      4. Dave Varner‏ @wyodiplomat Aug 15
        Replying to @batsdingerbonds @USATODAY

        Just saying how it was for me, I now make around 75,000 a year, quite a difference between now and then. Use your own name or are you a coward like so many on here.

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      5. vote nov 6‏ @rowast Aug 15
        Replying to @wyodiplomat @batsdingerbonds @USATODAY

        Calm down tough guy, what's being said is basically prices are going up faster than salaries If price of product x goes up but my salary does not then my real wages have decreased

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Dave Varner‏ @wyodiplomat Aug 15
        Replying to @rowast @batsdingerbonds @USATODAY

        General, it is not what the caption said, maybe you can get someone to read it to you.

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      7. Perfect Pour‏ @counteroffives Aug 15
        Replying to @wyodiplomat @rowast and

        Real wages - how far your wages go - yes everyone is making more than in the 70’s but the standard of living is not better

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Dave Varner‏ @wyodiplomat Aug 15
        Replying to @counteroffives @rowast and

        Buy what you can afford, most of the rest of us do.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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