NEW living wage??

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This is a cause and effect issue as most issues are. In this case prices are getting so high that people are having trouble affording a certain level of lifestyle, not just low income earners who can't afford to support themselves, but also middle income earners being pushed down into the lower income. So as a result people want to increase their income to compensate, we are not even getting into the issue of fixed incomes or those living off of savings or retirement. This is not dealing with the issue directly, the issue being the rise in prices. Why are the prices rising so fast? This is the real issue. There was once a time in this country were prices did not rise like this, in fact prices were stable for more then a century following the founding of this country. Why can't we afford to live on the wages that sustained people before? Why have prices risen and employment and wages stagnated? How is there a class of people who seem to be immune to the economic forces effecting the vast majority? Find the answer to these questions and you will probably end up depressed and bitter. However only once everyone understands the bitter depressing truth can we work to fix the real problem.

This is not just an issue of lazy workers, that will always be an issue at play separating the go getters from those that settle at the bottom. This is a far bigger issue that the common man cannot control by themselves, the best they can do if they actually understand it is to hedge against it. Eventually the majority is going to have to do something about it and unfortunately we will be starting in a pretty poor and ignorant position.