Even if the newly created jobs aren't minimum wage "starter" positions, things still aren't as rosy as the indices would indicate.
The trend is to make employees shoulder an increasing percentage of health care costs and retirement benefits aren't what they used to be either. So, what initially may look like a halfway decent wage is, in fact, closer to minimum wage than it may appear after subtracting those costs.
My parents generation expected to retire comfortably, my generation hopes to, and the next guys can just kiss the whole idea away. They'll have to work till death's doorstep just to support the burgeoning "baby boom" generation and to pay off all the "tax cuts" of the present administration.
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