2006-08-12 16:25:26 · 15 answers · asked by Ahab 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
Yes...over the last 20 years my pay has gone down because companies I work for are trying to cut costs to make a profit...but the cost of everything has risen by 200%. I'm poorer today as a professional than I was twenty years ago as a volunteer for a start up company. Crazy!
2006-08-12 16:34:29 · answer #1 · answered by markus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Inflation of the prices of the houses is very much greater than 10 persents each year. A house worth 200000 dollars 10 years before, now it is worth 500000 dollors. The richest men are hoding the economy.
2006-08-12 16:35:52 · answer #2 · answered by JAMES 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes... I work above minimum wage but it's stagnant because my state has not raised min wage since JEB has been in office...
In south Florida there are millionaires driving through the slums in their Hummers and no middle class... you have to be bilingual to get hired anywhere...
MacDonalds pretends to be a group of concerned citizens every year and holds "scare tactic" public announcements about how increasing minimum wage will shut down all the "small businesses" so it loses the vote all the time. The REAL small businesses in South Florida pay well above minimum... McD's and Wal-Mart are the source of all our misery here...
50% of the Wal-Mart Employees are actually recieving welfare in addition to their paychecks... Wal-Mart even has an office set up to help their emply's sign up!!!
Meanwhile the family that owns Wal-Mart are the 6 richest people in the world under Bill Gates... combined, they are richer than him!
Whew! (felt good to get that out!)
2006-08-12 17:23:09 · answer #3 · answered by rabble rouser 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only things that are going up are energy and real estate in some areas. For example I can remember when a computer with less features and a lot less memory and processor speed cost twice as much as the one I own now. A DVD player in the late 90's cost hundreds of dollars. Now I can pick one up for less than $30. I offer that as evidence that the price of everything has not gone up. some things have gone down.
2006-08-12 18:14:25 · answer #4 · answered by cashcobra_99 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Low self-confidence and always settling for low paying jobs is keeping me in the poor house.
Oh well, at least I enjoy my work and only have to feed and shelter myself and the dog and cats and rabbit.
2006-08-12 17:06:25 · answer #5 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not, since inflation has been incredibly low over the last decade or more. Less than 3%.
2006-08-12 16:27:25 · answer #6 · answered by Charles D 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Inflation is better then deflation which increases debt
2006-08-12 16:28:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not nearly as much as taxes, and my wages and benefits are suffering due to multiple take overs and mergers at my company.
2006-08-12 23:51:25 · answer #8 · answered by electricpole 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not so much...but the electric company and the gas companies are for sure!
2006-08-12 16:27:53 · answer #9 · answered by Debi L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gas prices certainly are
2006-08-12 16:37:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋