All posts for the day June 3rd, 2019

Wealth gap

I say this every year at budget time. Call it my annual screed: A flat percentage salary increase across the whole pay scale widens the wealth gap. The rich get richer, and the poor end up with comparatively less buying power. This year, the town’s 3% across-the-board pay raise will put an extra $900 (before […]

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Posted by Nancy Oates on June 3, 2019

http://chapelhillwatch.com/2019/06/03/wealth-gap/