The Biden Administration’s failures aren’t exclusively overseas in nature. For seven consecutive months now, average U.S. hourly wages have declined when adjusted for inflation.
The Biden Inflation Boom
From the U.S. Census Bureau, median household income rose by 6.8% in 2019 – a record one-year increase – to a record high of $68,700. Notably, under the supposed racist President Donald Trump, those 2019 income gains were largest for minority groups. And since 2016, median income has risen 9.7%, which is fantastic news for Americans, even if it might be bad news for leftists in their disinformation campaign:
Record Income Rise in 2019
From the official federal Bureau of Labor Statistics and our friends at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a nice visualization of how the Trump economic agenda has most benefited those in the lower-wage industries starting in 2018 after tax reform took effect. So much for leftists’ class warfare attacks on tax cuts and deregulation.
A Trump Bump
From the U.S. Senate Joint Economic Committee, a stark illustration of the sharp increase in wage and salary growth for full-time employees in the bottom 10% of earners:
The Poor Get Richer
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