Maybe you could include those high wage earners who get all of those special tax breaks that the Republicans keep handing out, like trump when he was in office.
These are 2018 numbers for the average American, who barely made $ 22,000, so it appears the under the Biden administration those real wages have gone up dramatically.
dbergh,, FACT - Fastest wage growth over the last four years among historically disadvantaged groups
"Here are some average home prices in the United States and Minnesota:"
Young in Australia and worldwide are in the same position re house prices. Not Biden's doing. Biden has done more to help the most needy in America in the past four years than Trump's Republicans could imagine.
Summary: In stark contrast to prior decades, low-wage workers experienced dramatically fast real wage growth between 2019 and 2023, but many workers continue to suffer from grossly inadequate wages and middle-wage workers face significant gaps across demographic groups.
Key findings
* Real wages of low-wage workers grew 13.2% between 2019 and 2023. Wage growth among low- and middle-wage workers over the pandemic business cycle has outpaced not only higher wage groups over the same period, but also its own growth compared to the prior four business cycles.
* Between 2019 and 2023, state-level minimum wage increases along with a tight labor market have translated into faster real wage growth for low-wage workers, particularly faster growth in states (and D.C.) that increased their minimum wage during this period.
* Wage rates remain insufficient for individuals and families working to make ends meet. Nowhere can a worker at the 10th percentile of the wage distribution earn enough to meet a basic family budget.
* Black men, young workers, and working mothers experienced particularly fast wage growth over the last four years. After growing for many groups in the prior forty years, key wage gaps narrowed between 2019 and 2023, but still remain large.
Why this matters
Faster growth for low-wage workers did not happen by luck: It was thanks to intentional policy decisions during the pandemic recession. Thoughtful policymaking going forward can drive further improvements in low- and middle-wage workers’ standard of living. How to fix it
To stem inequality and see healthy wage growth for the vast majority of workers, we need to use all the tools in our toolbox to reverse these policy trends—including prioritizing full employment, strengthening and enforcing labor standards,and removing obstacles to workers forming unions.
dbergh, Insurers Gave Ron DeSantis Millions. He Made It Harder to Sue Them.
The Florida governor’s insurance overhaul is hurting homeowners—and possibly his presidential campaign.
Abby Vesoulis
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The special session DeSantis called in December removed the ability to transfer this power to contractors in most cases, but it also scrapped a policy that has been on Florida’s books since at least 1893: the one-way attorney fee system .. https://www.levernews.com/desantis-leaves-floridians-at-the-mercy-of-his-insurance-industry-donors/ .. that allowed policyholders who successfully sued their insurance company to recover their legal costs. These policies were meant to discourage powerful insurance companies from failing to fulfill policyholders’ claims with sufficient payouts. It’s one reason Stettin was able to sue Heritage. (His case is currently in the discovery process.)
This previous structure was important, says DeLong, because “the balance is pretty far tipped in favor of the insurance companies, which have really big resources, versus the individual or even groups of consumers.”
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