• jimbel@lemm.ee
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    15 hours ago

    “For the bottom 60% of U.S. households, a “minimal quality of life” is out of reach”

    Is this for real? Sounds odd to me.

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      14 hours ago

      Your experience isn’t everyone’s experience. Where you are 60% probably looks different than innercity 60%.

      Confirmation bias for you situation.

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        5 hours ago

        Or rural experience. Wages are still shit but ever since covid rural housing and food costs have gone through the roof.

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          49 minutes ago

          And so many rural Americans being in food desserts doesn’t help at all.

          Gotta drive 30+ minutes to the store just to buy some over priced trash food. Gotta keep insurance on the crappy car you struggle to maintain, gotta keep gas in the tank, etc. It’s a snow ball that once it starts rolling it just keeps going downhill faster and faster.