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To: Road Walker who wrote (343523)7/17/2007 10:02:35 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1577586
 
"Wasn't there some kind of real or artificial cap on salaries, so the employers could only compete with benefits?"

Yes. The economy went all weird like in the aftermath of WWII. Which was no huge surprise because the war was such a big percentage of the economy and that was abruptly changed.