Comment Comment by smileysteve ... The data says wages outpaced inflation.Social security / medicare are indexed to inflation.The s&p500 outperformed inflation. (And treasury interest rates - 3 month and 10 Year - are ~<2x cpi and cpi targets for the first time in ~20 years)How do you convey ideas to voters when the basis of the idea is feeling vs fact, outlier vs median?https://www.marketplace.org/2024/10/30/wage-growth-slowing-o...https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/awifactors.html parent smileysteve 2 years ago
Social security / medicare are indexed to inflation.
The s&p500 outperformed inflation. (And treasury interest rates - 3 month and 10 Year - are ~<2x cpi and cpi targets for the first time in ~20 years)
How do you convey ideas to voters when the basis of the idea is feeling vs fact, outlier vs median?
https://www.marketplace.org/2024/10/30/wage-growth-slowing-o...
https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/awifactors.html