Paychecks stretch but don't grow

Courtesy Marketplace  Tue, 07/01/2008 - 17:08

Commentator Jared Bernstein tells Marketplace that middle-income wage earners have seen little by way of pay and benefit increases in years.

So even though they still have jobs, they are struggling to cover increasing prices on gas, food and other rising costs.


 

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