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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 3641350" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Things didn't move until the tax cuts were made and many regulations lifted.  Business owners became optimistic.  You want to see real wages lifted?  Get manufacturing back in significant numbers.  Companies will be competing for workers.  As long as most of the work is dime-a-dozen service jobs and they keep importing cheap labor to compete for those jobs wages will stay low.  Want to see what an industry looks like where they compete for workers look at trucking.  Doesn't mean everyone is going to get $100k jobs if manufacturing comes back.  Just means good paying jobs are available if you're willing to work, and better jobs can be had if you get the training.</p></blockquote><p></p>