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PakoPako posted...

They never have.
Compared to say the cost of a car or hamburger, a weekly paycheck often buys the same amount (give or take) irrespective of era. (Insert complaint about still keeping the 40 hour week while not factoring travel times.)

Common. I see the protest signs that say shelter should be a basic right, pro-living wages, but I also try to compensate for making pioneering commissions (short of "I claim all that is under the sun for Spain") for land (and now air) ownership.

I personally believe as an American who has started only listening to conservative news talk show host Chris Plante, that the real problem is, the national debt that a lot of politicians refuse to accept is a problem, which is over $37 trillion now, and which the democrats want to increase it to over 38 and a half trillion I think this is one of the reasons why we have such high taxes. That and the republicans and democrats who have been in government positions for decades thus millions of tax payer dollars go to pay every single politician on both sides, is another reason why our taxes are so high. Though from what I have heard Great Britain's government is on the verge of financial collapse because of its massive debt too.

So much carelessness. And now we are in a government shut down for the longest time ever because of republicans and democrats refusing to cooperate and negotiate with each other. Instead they just attack each other publically with both basically saying that they hate free speech and freedom of religion if it means agreeing or disagreeing with certain issues I'd rather not discuss as they are touchy issues not everyone will agree on! I wish our country could just split into 3 different countries. We can have the democrat states of America, the republican states of America, and the socialist states of America. Then, that way, everybody gets what they want and everyone not one of those things in whichever states become whatever country will just be deported to the country they want to be in and be financially supported by whatever government til they can get a substantial job again. That way, everybody wins.