Okay but it’s an election year so if we tell you it’s booming enough, some of your idiots will think it’s true
It’s booming for some people. Look at all the spending. And for anyone with a 401k, or and brokerage they’re seeing 30% growth yoy. It’s booming. It’s just not booming for everyone.
30% growth
This barely exceeds inflation. Used cars are up 35%, electricity costs 18-55% depending on region, groceries up 28%. That “growth” you mention is only on paper, there’s no increased buying power behind it.
Regardless, you’d have to be a sociopath to say that a few people making more money (on paper, again) still qualifies a booming economy in the face of
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Child poverty rate +138%
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+11,000,000 kicked off Medicaid
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Record homelessness
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60% living paycheck-to-paycheck
The only rational conclusion we can make from this is that the metrics we use to measure a booming economy are fundamentally broken.
Good luck getting him to honestly explain why those things are the way they are.
The economy is booming, but you also need to negotiate with your employer and switch jobs if needed. Unless your boss automatically gave your 10%+ annual adjustment, you are slowly falling behind.
“Just switch jobs” is such an entitled attitude. There are so many reasons people can’t just change. So many employers who can’t or won’t negotiate.
Fuck off.
Even if you are able to change jobs, your current employer is still extracting more productivity from you than they are compensating you for until you do change jobs … into another position where your next employer is still extracting more productivity from you than they are compensating you for, but maybe not quite as badly as the last one, so you “feel better.”
You’re still getting fucked either way, because capitalism.
“Yes, the economy is booming for your employer, and the country will continue to bend over backwards to ensure this continues. Yes, you’re going to fall behind ever more as extraction of wealth from Workers continues to stretch you thinner and thinner.”
I am reminded of the old joke.
A worker pulls into the parking lot of his office. His boss pulls up next to him in a new sports car. The worker goes, “Wow! New car? Looks amazing.” The boss goes, “It is! And if you work hard, hit your targets, and put in some overtime, I can buy a new one next quarter.”
What’s the point of this statement? Both groups of things can be true. The economy of the US, as a whole, can be booming while simultaneously having those other things be true too. The economy isn’t a measure of how individuals are doing. It’s a measure of how well the bullshit of capitalism is working. Seems to be working as intended…
You answered your own question. The point was to explain exactly what you also chose to explain.
It chose to explain what I explained by making the exact opposite point? You’re not making any sense. Either that stuff is related to the economy or it’s not. You can’t have it both ways.
That’s like saying “Don’t tell me the Lions are doing well when tickets to their games cost $15/seat”. The Lions can be doing well and the seats can be cheap right now. One is not necessarily reflective of the other.
they’re trying to convince other rich goons more than us
