With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to improving living standards that we'd expect in an economy posting strong productivity gains. — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
Did folks know that the tax to fund the program [Social Security] only hits salaries up to $110,000? That means that if you make… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is talking about cutting taxes. On net, he is a tax cutter. But the difference between Obama and John McCain is that… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
The black unemployment rate has to be twice that of the white rate in the US. If the national unemployment rate were 6.8 percent,… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
It's a mistake to think that any increase in wages is inflationary and there is substantial room for non-inflationary wage growth, particularly at the… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that it's better to run a workforce on security than insecurity. — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
What you don't hear from these GOP candidates is that they really can't go after this president on domestic production of oil and gas.… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
Where you see immigration competition play out most clearly is among high school dropouts. I'd say there's clearly immigrant competition among the least-skilled workers,… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
We are in the midst of a protracted wage slump, ... a troubling trend that is largely going unnoticed by policymakers. — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
![“Did folks know that the tax to fund the program [Social Security] only hits salaries up to $110,000? That means that if you make a million bucks, about 90% of your salary is tax free when it comes to the payroll tax that funds Soc Sec. That ain't right.” quote by Jared Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/723/jared-bernstein-39941_bucks_did-folks-know-that-the-tax-to-fund-the_232602.jpg)
