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On the other hand, employers are rapidly raising salaries lately because workers are refusing to take the jobs.



Which is literally a once-in-a-lifetime event, fueled in no small part by the eviction moratorium.


Incomes have been rising steadily since the Industrial Revolution started 250 years ago.

It's not easy to compare, but we're paid 30-50 times more now.


Income for the bottom 80+% of the country has been stagnant since the 1970's.


Or maybe it isn't, it's just people learning that they can say "no".




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