• GalacticRobot@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Depends on how you take it, but wage growth has matched for core services and grown. Now if you are talking about education or housing costs, then no, they have went beyond wage growth. But electronics and energy? Wages have outpaces their costs and inflation quite a lot.

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        23 minutes ago

        Depends on what you are talking about again, because in general Americans are able to afford more ‘stuff’ than they ever have.