Comment on Majority of Americans Feel Worse Off Than Four Years Ago

• basmati@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  What stability? What boringness? The US is currently at war with a civilian population because it fought back against genocide; we’re about to invade Iran, wages haven’t caught up to inflation, long COVID still has no cure or federal disability recognition despite taking millions out of the job market, median rent is higher than the median wage can afford, union strength is at an all time low thanks specifically to the Biden admin, groceries are still ridiculously expensive despite the government proving in court companies are just price gouging, really nothing is boring, unless you’re rich

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Only about half of that sounds true.

    Unions : www.cnn.com/2023/11/21/business/…/index.html

    Inflation is slowing: www.cnn.com/2024/10/10/economy/…/index.html

    And you want the government to price fix groceries, which I agree with. But that’s unlikely to ever happen in America.

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    • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s only 900k union employees in a country with a population of 330 million

      Inflation slowing doesn’t undo the damage caused by the previously record high inflation unless everyone got a raise to wipe out the price increases.

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      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Oh right. I forgot that leftists don’t accept “better”. They only accept “perfect”.

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