Yeah, because breaking the inflation pressure is always on the workforce, never on the companies.
I only ever heard “you should abstain from wanting higher salaries, 'cause inflation”. Never has a politician or economist said “companies should abstain from raising prices, 'cause inflation” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Wage stagnation from greedy corps and almost non-existent minimum wage increases has been happening FAR longer then the current energy shit.
For an equivalent minimum wage to the 1950s, just accounting for inflation, we would need to be at $20/hr. If you’re not making that, then you’re making less than a McDonald’s worker in 1955.
Yes but imagine if they got 25 instead of 22; they could maybe save a little more and live a little more too.
The focus should be on crushing inflation, not adding inflationary pressure when everyone is already struggling
Yeah, because breaking the inflation pressure is always on the workforce, never on the companies.
I only ever heard “you should abstain from wanting higher salaries, 'cause inflation”. Never has a politician or economist said “companies should abstain from raising prices, 'cause inflation” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Who said it’s on the workforce? It should be on the cunts that are driving energy prices through the roof
Wage stagnation from greedy corps and almost non-existent minimum wage increases has been happening FAR longer then the current energy shit.
For an equivalent minimum wage to the 1950s, just accounting for inflation, we would need to be at $20/hr. If you’re not making that, then you’re making less than a McDonald’s worker in 1955.
Yeah, we’re getting fucked. Push for the right thing at the right time
But zero or negative inflation is very bad for the economy
We’re far above target inflation and have been for years