{"id":31598,"date":"2012-12-03T09:06:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T16:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/03\/corporate-profits-vs-worker-wages.html"},"modified":"2012-12-03T09:06:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T16:06:30","slug":"corporate-profits-vs-worker-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/03\/corporate-profits-vs-worker-wages.html","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Profits vs. Worker Wages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former have hit their all-time high point as a percent of the GDP.<\/p>\n<p>The latter have hit their all-time low point as a percent of the GDP.<\/p>\n<p>But remember, unions are bad, corporations create jobs and prosperity, Obama is a Marxist\u00a0who is destroying capitalism in America, and I am Marie of Roumania.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images2-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/corporate_flag.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/economy\/2012\/12\/03\/1270541\/corporate-profits-wages-record\/'>Corporate Profits Hit Record High While Worker Wages Hit Record Low<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA constant conservative charge against President Obama is that he is inherently anti-business. However, businesses keep defying the storyline by making larger and larger profits, rebounding nicely out&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/Esz98U3UYQd' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former have hit their all-time high point as a percent of the GDP. The latter have hit their all-time low point as a percent of the GDP. But remember, unions are bad, corporations create jobs and prosperity, Obama is a Marxist\u00a0who is destroying capitalism in America, and I am Marie of Roumania. 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