Under Trump, inflation-adjusted wages are declining

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US real wages aren’t just flat. They’re falling
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25 Sep 2018:  Wages adjusted for inflation. Forbes. 10 Aug 2018: . By Heather Long. Washington Post. 26 Jul 2018: As Workers' Wages Continue to Fall Under Trump, Analysis Shows CEO Pay Is Way Higher Than Typically Reported. Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. 17 Jul 2018:  By Bernie Sanders. USA Today. 17 Jul 2018: If the economy is 'roaring', why are so many Americans still struggling? Bernie Sanders. The Guardian. 2 Jul 2018: An Update for 2018: More Evidence That Half of Americans Are In or Near Poverty. Paul Buchheit. Common Dreams.  15 Jun 2018. Jeff Stein and Andrew Van Dam. Washington Post.



 7 Aug 2018. By Drew DeSilver. Pew Research Center. Chart below is from the article. Bottom of chart says: "Data for wages of production and non-supervisory employees on private non-farm payrolls." 

Increasing income inequality over time. Chart below from: 17 Dec 2017:  New York Times.

1 Jul 2016: . By Bryce Covert. ThinkProgress. "Incomes for the 99 percent have only recovered about 60 percent of what they lost. But the rich are doing great. ... They captured more than half of all the income growth in the country."

Chart below: Top 10% of earners receive 50% of all income:


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US has one of the stingiest minimum wages
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Chart below is from a Washington Post article on Dec. 29, 2017: ''' [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/12/29/the-u-s-has-one-of-the-stingiest-minimum-wage-policies-of-any-wealthy-nation "The U.S. has one of the stingiest minimum wage policies of any wealthy nation." ] '''

     

US has high wealth inequality
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See the median wealth by country chart:

' - The average median wealth per adult for ' is much higher than that of the former great nation, the . Trump is right. America is no longer great. It's due to Republican trickle-down voodoo economics: Giving tax cuts to the rich instead of to the middle class and poor who actually need them. Plus predatory mortgage loans and foreclosure. And predatory unforgivable student loans. Google News search: student debt.

Instead of paying higher wages, and higher minimum wages. As Canada does.


 * 5 Oct 2017: Nine Charts about Wealth Inequality in America (Updated).

. See chart below. See: Income inequality and drug war. And:  Median wealth is exactly in the middle. 50% of adults have more, and 50% have less. Wealth is all assets (money, stocks, property, etc.) minus all debts.



. Chart below from page 3 of PDF.  2003 to 2017  (4th quarter).  Total Household Debt by Type: 

US has high income inequality
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See the median income by country charts:
 * Median GDP per capita: how much does the typical person earn in different countries? A look at Global Inequality - the Giving What We Can Blog. By Hauke Hillebrandt. 25 May 2016
 * The World Bank’s Poverty Statistics Lack Median Income Data, So We Filled In the Gap Ourselves — Download Available. February 6, 2016. Anna Diofasi and Nancy Birdsall. Center for Global Development.

 Note that the bottom 60% of households (bottom 3 quintiles) have had little improvement in real income. While the top 40%, and especially the top 5 percent, have had large, even exceptional, increases in real income.

    

Trickle down economics does not work
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14 Oct 2018: Bernie Sanders video: Trickle-Down Economics Does Not Work. 12 Oct 2018: Bernie Sanders video: Disney Heiress Abigail Disney Says The Wealthy Don't Need Another Tax Break.