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Originally Posted by sendler
Since 2002 growth is already over for 90% of Americans. There are more US jobs in the service industry (waitress/ bartenders) than manufacturing.
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Growth isn't defined by manufacturing output alone. While GDP per capita has some shortcomings, it's one of the best indicators of financial well-being for a country. It's been on the rise since 2009, and generally trending upwards since the founding of the country.
Would most people rather live with what they had in 2002, or with what they have today? People are generally better off today than at any other point in history. There is no reason to expect that trend to decline in the near-term.