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Are you better off than you were four years ago? It can be a murky picture for many

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1y ago

Are you better off than you were four years ago? It can be a murky picture for many

www.nbcnews.com /politics/economics/are-better-four-years-ago-s-can-murky-picture-many-rcna156611

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June, 2020 we were fighting over who got the good toilet paper, so, yeah, we're better now.
- I know right? At one point in time I started saving my junk mail as a Hail Mary.
Much better, but I'm also aware I'm in the minority.
- You are actually the majority
  
  I don't think most people feel their buying power has caught up with the greedflation we saw over the last few years. Statistics can be made to say anything.
  I am firmly in the upper middle class bracket so I've been insulated from it, but I am constantly seeing news about the crunch that the lower economic classes are feeling, and it seems reasonable to me. We are inundated with evidence that younger generations can't afford housing, can't afford groceries, etc. The economy may be booming per statistics, but who is it benefiting, people who need the benefit, or no? That's the real question and I think the dissatisfaction a lot of people feel is a marker that it's not as simple as what the numbers might show.
I was personally utterly bamboozled, near homeless, broke without a buck to my name but death had to take a raincheck cuz out steps a man, tall man, distinguished - very handsome - he steps outta his whip and he hands me an ice cream and says "That's alright, Jack", we grabbed some grub and I was hobnobbing with heem about what I was really jonesing for, I ain't no whiz but Mr.Bidan really hooked me up with opportunity and it ain't no lemon either 😂 Now I'm a slay yuppie, poppin lit crammin for my a-game! Thank you Mr.Bidan
- Whats all this deviltalk lol
no and every four years no matter who is voted in the situation get worse and worse
less rights
less pay
less healthcare
- Well, I left America, so yes. I find I am.
  
  When we collapse we're taking the rest of the fucking world with us
- Yeah, if only we'd had the Democratic Socialists in charge we might have had a strong NLRB backstopping a bunch of union gains, income equality finally going down for the first time in God knows how long, and blue collar wages growing due to big investments in manufacturing and infrastructure funded by a massive corporate tax increase
  That would have been fuckin great
  Or, wait, hang on for a second
  
  Income inequality going down? Source please lmfao
- This isn’t true at all.
  Just as quick examples, under Democrats, gay people got the right to marry. The Affordable Care Act was passed. And real pay has gone up under Biden.
  That’s not mentioning the major climate and infrastructure legislation, dismissal of student debt, rights for DACA holders, etc.
Absolutely not... groceries and restaurant (including fast food) has been crazy expensive. Everything, everything we buy on a monthly basis @ Costco and Sam's Club has gone up in price. And now property tax has gone up because of inflation (that's how they justified the property tax increase in the letter we've received a few months back)... so our local government gets a bump by stealing our money due to inflation.

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