There's something up now.

I was posting this chart, showing purchasing power was better than before the pandemic, as much as possible in the run-up to last year's election, I don't think I ever saw this chart in any news publication:

We never saw this chart in the mainstream media:

Here you go:

With State labels:

Here are the results, Harris still loses!

I made this graphic to illustrate marginal tax rates:

This from Wikipedia:

I was given your first book of column compilations (2003?) for Christmas and haven't stopped reading your column since. So in tribute here's a chart that every news organization SHOULD have published anytime a Republican brought up how inflation was driving everyone into poverty:

There are always charts to cut through the bullshit. Unfortunately, the media can never find this information for some reason:

Check this out, prices have never exceeded wages since before the pandemic:

Hourly wages contain the low-end wage earners, i.e. they are not "exempt" employees on yearly salaries. Also, there are many charts showing the lowest percentile getting the largest wage gains. For example: