related_tweet: @dimentbarb @billgoad12167 @alf27900 @realdonaldtrump worse off than what? if you expand historically, only now are real wages comparable to 1970s.  the point is, the latest bls reading shows 1.1% positive real wage growth.  after lagging behind canada, germany, france since 2008, us is now back to the top of g7 in this metric. (ft)