Comment on People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line.

Adderbox76@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• oce@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There are conventional definitions of the poverty line. In France, it is defined by the national institute of statistics as:

  The poverty threshold is conventionally set at 60% of the population’s median standard of living. It corresponds to a disposable income of €1,288 per month for a single person and €2,705 for a couple with two children under 14 years old. www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/5759045

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• thingAmaBob@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah, we do a lot of inner fighting and it is difficult to get through it. I even find myself getting frustrated at people, who earn twice as much as me, complaining about how they live paycheck to paycheck. The cost of living is not high here (and I save a lot myself), and I think about the wealth I could build if I had their income; basically I think, “why are you complaining??” But we have to remember we are on the same team. We are all ultimately getting screwed over by the owner class.

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  • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    a lot of people are just idiots who don’t understand that money in has to be less than money out.

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    • Adderbox76@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Cool story, bro.

      It has literally nothing to do with the topic. But hey, good rant there, bud.

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  • Adderbox76@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That guy earning twice as much as you is still far closer to you than to the guy above him. He may make twice the amount as you, but the guy above both of you makes literally 400 times as much (per day sometimes). It’s like you said, we’re all on the same team.

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