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Bernie Sanders's Half-Truth on Wages



Progressives are attempting to discredit the Trump economy by claiming workers aren’t seeing the benefits. Sen. Bernie Sanders recently claimed that the increase in wages last year “nets out to zero” because of inflation and that “the average American worker today, despite the strong economy, is not getting ahead.”

Mr. Sanders has half a point. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest report on real earnings, as of July average hourly earnings had increased 2.7% over the preceding year, while inflation was 2.9%,…



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