If we structure the market differently so that those at the top have less, then everyone else can have more. We can ensure that even people at the bottom of the pay ladder can ensure decent secure lives.
We live in a society where, for the last four decades, those on top have taken every opportunity to game the system to enrich themselves at the expense of everyone else.
There is no way that the Republican-controlled Senate would support a substantial increase in spending on social programs, even if the House approved it.
Rates of wage growth aren’t spectacular, but the increase is a positive sign. The unemployment rate had been on a downward path since 2010, as the economy was recovering from the Great Recession.
