[bombcar]

Do they still live paycheck to paycheck after receiving a raise?

If so, the problem likely isn’t the paycheck.

[topaz0]

At most times during the last 50 years, wages have been growing slower than inflation.

[tclancy]

Ah, the old moral failing! It’s not that there are flaws in the system that could be improved, it’s the poor people who are sinful. Got it!