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1 posted on 03/02/2016 6:42:44 AM PST by dirtboy
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93 million out of the labor force is a bigger factor


2 posted on 03/02/2016 6:54:10 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouadsandb)
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Cheap laborers (both undocumented unskilled and skilled H1-B guest workers) and the ability to offshore production and reimport goods into the United States tariff free have boosted earnings to record highs.

Fixed it.

5 posted on 03/02/2016 7:09:16 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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When slamming “trickle down” economics, Dick Gephardt used to say that “The American People are sick and tired of being trickled on.”

A crude scatological line, but it pretty much sums-up where a whole lot of middle-class voters are today. Traditional Club for Growth economics is politically a no-sale to them.


8 posted on 03/02/2016 7:50:00 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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be back bump


9 posted on 03/02/2016 8:53:07 AM PST by thinden
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This can all be summarized in two charts:

I wish the had included the charts in the article.

10 posted on 03/02/2016 9:04:03 AM PST by usurper (Liberals GET OFF MY LAWN)
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This can all be summarized in two charts: The relationship between corporate profitability and labor's share of income shown above.

The two charts are not at the MSN "source," but they can be seen here.

Anthony Mirhaydari's article at Yahoo News

16 posted on 03/02/2016 2:50:54 PM PST by Dajjal (Justice Robert Jackson was wrong -- the Constitution IS a suicide pact.)
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