Inflation has been raging everywhere, except in wages, as I keep noting :). That’s why people are stretched so thin. Employers are actually paying more for each employee, but are sliding it toward exponentially rising health insurance and other costs, and thus not able to put it in wages. Corporations are using their cash for share buybacks and mergers, instead of paying employees. Wages will be flat as long as we have low-wage competition in underdeveloped countries. Sorry, wages won’t save this gig!