Bernie Sanders says it over and over again: 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Centrist critics swear this is false. Once we sort through the noise, we see Bernie is right on the money.
I’m surprised the number is so low. It feels more like 90%.
I say it’s a little more than that as well. We’re seeing and hearing people, make sacrifices in their lives that they didn’t think they’d have to make. Like deciding against having a kid, why? Because the pay isn’t good enough anymore for single-family. People having to decide when to specifically shop and go without necessities, why? Inflation. People having to upset their entire living to try and go elsewhere in town or even another state, why? High rates. Why are people knee deep in credit card debt? Having to take out personal loans? Or any loan? Why are people looking to be with someone, just so they can have someone else simply help out expenses?
It’s not a damn mystery.
I have been getting into with neoliberals on Lemmy who are adamant that the economy under Biden has never been better. Survey anyone who has to do actual work for a living and they can tell you it’s a shit show. I was week nigh bartending this summer and fall and my good shifts i would take home $20, where as the same shift 2 years ago my bad nights i was still taking home $80 in cash tips, and it wasn’t just my bar. All the restaurants in my area are struggling because peopme have zero disposable income anymore.
But stocks had never been higher and “everyone is hiring!” (despite it actually being impossible to get a new job) back in November, so obviously everything was just fine.
I have never seen this. The economy under biden was getting close to recovering from the trump years but the only time I hear its the best ever is from people saying it was not the best as they heard say. Its like trump with his folks are sayin. It was better than it had been before him but not better than like the 90’s
On top of that I get taxed more than some billionaires. I feel like an empty tube of toothpaste where some leech has to squeeze out every little bit.
I mean, have they tried not being poor? /s
In all seriousness: if extreme poverty was good enough for most of my ancestors, it’s good enough for me?
It’s way more than that. Did they exclude retirees watching their savings dwindle as the stock market crashes, and prices and inflation rise?
Like my folks are retired, well off, but… They are by no means anything beyond their own self imposed paycheck to paycheck. And as shit gets worse they’re stretching things every which way to avoid part time work before death.
