Statement·other·said 2024-11-10
“Inflation-adjusted weekly wages are lower today than they were 50 years ago.”
Where they said it
Verdict
False
2024-11-11Reasoning
Two standard measures show real wages rose ~10.7% over 50 years; Sanders cherry-picked a February 1973 peak inflated by Nixon-era price controls.
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