Absolutely not… groceries and restaurant (including fast food) has been crazy expensive. Everything, everything we buy on a monthly basis @ Costco and Sam’s Club has gone up in price. And now property tax has gone up because of inflation (that’s how they justified the property tax increase in the letter we’ve received a few months back)… so our local government gets a bump by stealing our money due to inflation.
Are you better off than you were four years ago? It can be a murky picture for many
Submitted 3 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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StaySquared@lemmy.world 1 day ago
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 days ago
June, 2020 we were fighting over who got the good toilet paper, so, yeah, we’re better now.
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I know right? At one point in time I started saving my junk mail as a Hail Mary.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I was personally utterly bamboozled, near homeless, broke without a buck to my name but death had to take a raincheck cuz out steps a man, tall man, distinguished - very handsome - he steps outta his whip and he hands me an ice cream and says “That’s alright, Jack”, we grabbed some grub and I was hobnobbing with heem about what I was really jonesing for, I ain’t no whiz but Mr.Bidan really hooked me up with opportunity and it ain’t no lemon either 😂 Now I’m a slay yuppie, poppin lit crammin for my a-game! Thank you Mr.Bidan
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 days ago
What?
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Much better, but I’m also aware I’m in the minority.
mozz@mbin.grits.dev 3 days ago
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I don’t think most people feel their buying power has caught up with the greedflation we saw over the last few years. Statistics can be made to say anything.
I am firmly in the upper middle class bracket so I’ve been insulated from it, but I am constantly seeing news about the crunch that the lower economic classes are feeling, and it seems reasonable to me. We are inundated with evidence that younger generations can’t afford housing, can’t afford groceries, etc. The economy may be booming per statistics, but who is it benefiting, people who need the benefit, or no? That’s the real question and I think the dissatisfaction a lot of people feel is a marker that it’s not as simple as what the numbers might show.
verdantbanana@lemmy.world 3 days ago
no and every four years no matter who is voted in the situation get worse and worse
less rights
less pay
less healthcare
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
This isn’t true at all.
Just as quick examples, under Democrats, gay people got the right to marry. The Affordable Care Act was passed. And real pay has gone up under Biden.
That’s not mentioning the major climate and infrastructure legislation, dismissal of student debt, rights for DACA holders, etc.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Well, I left America, so yes. I find I am.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 3 days ago
When we collapse we’re taking the rest of the fucking world with us
mozz@mbin.grits.dev 3 days ago
Yeah, if only we'd had the Democratic Socialists in charge we might have had a strong NLRB backstopping a bunch of union gains, income equality finally going down for the first time in God knows how long, and blue collar wages growing due to big investments in manufacturing and infrastructure funded by massive tax increases
That would have been fuckin great
Or, wait, hang on for a second
BigFatNips@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Income inequality going down? Source please lmfao