Breitbart – by Wynton HallU.S. jobs pay an average 23% less today than they did before the 2008 recession, according to a new report released on Monday by the United States Conference of Mayors.
In total, the report found $93 billion in lost wages.
Jobs lost during the recession paid an average $61,637. As of 2014, jobs in the same sectors paid an average of $47,171 annually.
“Under a similar analysis conducted by the Conference of Mayors during the 2001-2002 recession, the wage gap was only 12% compared to the current 23%–meaning the wage gap has nearly doubled from one recession to the next,” stated the Conference of Mayors in a statement.
The report also found that 73% of metro area households earn salaries of less than $35,000 a year.
President Barack Obama, who is on a two-week vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, has yet to comment on the dour economic findings.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/08/11/U-S-Wages-Down-23-Since-2008
Our workforce is being regressed to Depression Era standards. Prices are up, wages down. What better way to control the proletariat.
An old book I read regarding 1930s Holywood remarked on how the cowboy star Tom Mix owned a $30,000 dollar mansion with swimming pools and dozens of rooms. The worth of the dollar is reduced to pennies.
“Wages Down 23% Since 2008” yeah, and the cost of Living is up 600%+
Let’s lower or get rid of the minimum wage, to make it worse!!!!!!!!