• Flying Squid
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    151 year ago

    We don’t live paycheck-to-paycheck because we’re lazy. It’s the fucking economy.

    • @Olgratin_Magmatoe
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      81 year ago

      It’s not the economy. The U.S. has one of the highesr production rates in the world, and one of the highest GDPs in the world.

      The money is absolutely there in the economy to make ends meet for us all, the economy is more than healthy enough for it. But that wealth doesn’t go to us, it goes to the 1%.

      It’s the distribution of wealth/ownership that’s the problem.

      • Flying Squid
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        21 year ago

        Maybe not entirely the economy, but food costs have gone way up in the past few years due to inflation and it is making a big strain on a lot of people. I agree that distribution of wealth is a huge problem, but you can’t disregard the economy as well. High production rates and GDP don’t translate into affordable groceries.

        • @[email protected]
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          51 year ago

          It’s not inflation. It’s coordinated price increases. See the chicken article that was just published.

          • @Olgratin_Magmatoe
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            1 year ago

            Exactly. The money from that “inflation” isn’t going towards the production of that food, it is going into the pockets of the rich. The wealth is there, its just going to the wrong place.

    • @Lapus
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      51 year ago

      Amen! I don’t have 4 degrees and still work 3 jobs to make ends meet because I’m lazy. Most people I know are the same. Apparently some people don’t understand statistics or the bell curve.