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by jayess 2745 days ago
> At no point was that ever insinuated.

Then when is the meaning of the parent comment?

> why are they doing the opposite of what the tax cuts were supposed to do?

I'm curious what news you're reading or consuming.

Wages are up 3.1% YoY (biggest increase in 10 years) and unemployment lowest since 1969: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/31/wages-and-salaries-jump-by-3...

2.7 Million more full-time jobs since January 1, when the tax cuts went into effect.

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>Wages are up 3.1% YoY

>Real average hourly earnings increased 0.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, from October 2017 to October 2018.

Eh... https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf