I sure hope they open up immigration; there are thousands of trans people in the US who need somewhere safe to live, and we’ve boundless plains to share.
Comment on Why the cost of living crisis will not get better
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 days ago
The cost of living won’t fall unless we have a recession, a biiiiiig one, with massive unheard of deflation of like 25-30% to get prices back to where they should be.
The government won’t let that happen though, and they’d rather create a shitload more inflation by printing money and opening the immigration floodgates even more.
No1@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I think you’ll find that historically recessions/depressions allow the rich to get richer, as they can buy the assets cheaply that the poor have to sell off to stay alive.
Unless you have cash and liquid assets now to let you live 10 years, you won’t last what you wish for.
Grail@aussie.zone 2 days ago
To be fair, if you’re already on unemployment, queuing up for bread isn’t much of a change. It’s the middle class who do have to sell of their homes that lose the most. If you already have nothing to lose, then nothing changes.
No1@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Exactly. So, they become poor.
I’m roughly defining anyone who ‘owns a house, and cash and liquid assets now to let you live at least 10 years with no income’ as who would win, and anyone without that - welcome to the poor club.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 days ago
I don’t care if the rich get richer if that’s what it takes for the price of living to get better.
Like I said, it won’t happen anyway - the government won’t let it, and that’s why the cost of living is never going to get better.
No1@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Interesting. How does it help if the price of living improves, but you have no home, no job wnd you spent your assets on ‘cheap’ food and rent?
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 day ago
Do you think that … everyone that isn’t rich…just loses their job in a recession?