For those wondering why average hourly earnings in December plunged by -0.2% on expectations of a 0.2% increase and why the November "Green shoot" surge in wages of 0.4%, which everyone took as a signal of imminent wage inflation was cut in half...

.. here is the answer: in December the number of workers employed in Food Service and Drinking Places, i.e., sub-minimum wage waiters and bartenders jumped by 43,600: the highest monthly increase since 2012...
GO OBHAMMY LOL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
MORE reality,,,,,of course, IF you choose to read, HAHA
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-09/waiter-and-bartender-recovery-most-food-service-jobs-added-2012

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.