Comment on Majority of Americans Feel Worse Off Than Four Years Ago
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 day agoOnly 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.
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.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh right. I forgot that leftists don’t accept “better”. They only accept “perfect”.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 day ago
You’re right when your definition of “better” is a month where you only have to choose between a roof over your head and food instead of a roof over your head, medicine, and food.
What a disgusting response to the current state of the country and our decades long decline into serfdom.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And your recommended alternative to voting for Democrats is…?