Why is the prices for food and gas is going up and not salary?

Question

Why is the prices for food and gas is going up and not salary?

Answer 1

It might be because gas and food are in shorter supply than workers.  

Answer 2

salaries are going up.

if YOUR salary isn't going up, change jobs or get more skills.

Answer 3

Because employers don't like to pay any more than they have to.  

When there is a shortage of workers.  Then employers pay more.  And when the workers are organized in a strong labor union.  Then employers also pay more because organized workers can make labor trouble for them.

But when the unemployment is high and when most workers are not organized into unions.  Then many employers would rather pocket any extra money for themselves than give raises to their workers.

Most economists are against giving raises to workers when the prices for everything are going up.  Because according to economic theory, this creates a price-wage spiral.  Where prices and wages chase each other into the stratosphere.  And money becomes worthless.

But when only prices go up and not the wages.  Then this results in a lower standard of living for many people.  Which is not so good either.

Answer 4

  Oil is up and therefore gasoline is up. It takes gasoline to transport the food to market; thus food goes up (inflation). Your salary is up to your boss.

  Don't worry. The economies around the world are slowing down, and oil and commodities are also heading down. Thus gasoline and food prices are starting to go back down.

Answer 5

The reason the prices are going up is because of inflation. Inflation is a hidden tax. This hidden tax called inflation is the most regressive tax there is. Tennessee used the hidden tax called inflation to fund 100% of the State government in the 1830s, no direct taxes were levied by the State during this time. The reason why wages aren't going up, and in fact are going down both in purchasing power and in actual dollars paid is because the government is using the visa program like H21B and illegal aliens to hold wages down and reverse the real dollars paid for labor to offset the perception of the inflation. The government doesn't want the public to become educated in what is truly happening with our dollar and banking. Wages over the last 25 years have gone down and some claim that this is due to an over supply of workers. This is true except there is a conspiracy to import cheap foreign labor to reduce wages. This keeps the middle class racing to the bottom and ensures that those in the middle class and the poor are paying the highest tax rates through both inflation and pay-role taxes as well as property taxes and sales taxes at the state level. The non raising of wages in an inflationary environment  as we have had ensures that people cant save wealth, or even better for the government and the banking system, pay off debt. The government along with rich banking system and greedy business owners don't want wages to raise because that would (1) offset the the inflation tax, (2) enable one to pay down debt (which would cause a decrease in the money supply becaus eof fractional reserve banking) and (3) because savings of any form of wealth begins to give workers some leverage against their employers. Example, I am a simple cook but beacuse Ive saved and invested nearly everything Ive made for the last 10 years my net worth far exceeds my bosses. I have that leverage. Once I became a saver and my employer leared that Im working because I want to instead of because I have to that made my employer have respect for me and they no longer dump on me as they did when I was in debt and relied on my job. This change was instantainious in my employers attitude when one day I went in and changed my W2 to have 93% of my previous take home pay with held for income taxes because of my earnings off my investments.

The holding down of wages is about control. Thats why they havent moved up. This is the first time in history where that has happened. In the 1970s wages went through the roof. The job Im doing today is paying the exact same wage in actual dollars as it did in 1975. In some cases, the wage is less then in 1975. The 1970s was not a period of stagnant wages. Waes went through the roof with the oil boom in the US. This is a fact of history that Baby Boomers dont want their chldren and grandchildren to know about. Because if they truly knew history young workers today would revolt and demand the same wages their parrents recieved early on in thier working lives. This is about contol and the destruction of the young in order to finace the greed of the worst generation in history, the Baby Boomers. Its that simple.  

Answer 6

Oil is priced in US dollars. The dollar falls in value oil and gold go up causing the price to produce everything to go up and is then passed on to the consumer. Countries other than the US produce things and sell those products. The US is no longer a producing goods it is a net importer. Yes, Rome is BURNING!