Good point. 1. Inflation - Though I will not expound here because I’m not an expert. 2. Salaries in the US have been stagnant since the 70s which correlates t

Good point. 1. Inflation - Though I will not expound here because I’m not an expert. 2. Salaries in the US have been stagnant since the 70s which correlates to the start of the weakening of Big Labor by corporate and government interests. Left-leaning source: https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ Right leaning source: https://www.aei.org/articles/have-wages-stagnated-for-decades-in-the-us/ https://www.aei.org/articles/have-wages-stagnated-for-decade... Brookings Institute coverage of both left and right sources: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2019/09/10/are-wages-rising-falling-or-stagnating/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2019/09/10/are-wages...