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Old 01-24-2014, 04:43 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by Vendzilla View Post
Under Obama, the work force has shrunk and the median wage has gone down 7% in the last 5 years. Paying more for health insurance is going to make it worse. Every business will suffer as people will have less to spend!
The last 20 years have seen a lot of things happen that are indicators of bad things to come. The middle class has shrunk and those in it have more debt than ever before. The cost of education has skyrocketed. Healthcare costs have skyrocketed. Housing costs have skyrocketed in many parts of the country.

While the overall workforce has shrunk we have seen in increase in those working well into their retirement age because they can't afford to retire.

At some point something has to give. It seems like we are heading down a bad road.
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