On Fri, 17 May 2019 20:32:09 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:

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

Meanwhile, the fat cats were getting fatter. You guys need Sanders
bad.