I'm sure we'd see some nice big changes under Joe "Nothing Will Change" Biden.
I have met precious few people whom are in possession of a skill that makes them particularly unique and well-suited for their job, especially at entry-level jobs that still pay well. Flipping burgers is a more difficult job than many jobs that pay $30k-40k/yr due to dealing with customers.
This is an easy cognitive trap to fall into, but don't forget that the importance of your wealth is predicated only on the supply chains remaining in place. Unless you're rich enough to build a bunker out in New Zealand, your best bet isn't with the money in your bank account, it's with the people around you. Always has been, always will be.
This is probably anecdotal, but I feel like even the quality of goods across the board has gone down in order to reach these lower income markets. At Target I remember getting some decent quality dishes in 08, but ten years later everything feels like it'll snap in half
Those graphs make me want to vomit. This country is fucked.
That US graph is straight up a representation of a heist, complete with hostages.
Low wages, anti-worker laws, and a psychopathic for-profit healthcare system is the good ol days to way too many people. And when the not wealthy parrot those same "halcyon" days where they were getting fucked but with a smile, it's basically stockholm syndrome.
That's a depressing graph for American exceptionalism.
That US graph is straight up a representation of a heist, complete with hostages.
Low wages, anti-worker laws, and a psychopathic for-profit healthcare system is the good ol days to way too many people. And when the not wealthy parrot those same "halcyon" days where they were getting fucked but with a smile, it's basically stockholm syndrome.
The street. Supplement your income by breaking into people's cars.
America absolutely is exceptional. Just not in a good way. I'm thankful every day my children aren't growing up there.
Theres a lot of people that can afford a nice 4 bedroom house, 2 new cars every 6 or so years, support 2 kids comfortably and save for retirement all without being in a bunch of debt and think that that's "normal". Unfortunately, its rich now.
This is all you really need to know. The American people have been getting robbed for decades. It's long past time we took that wealth back.
That US graph is straight up a representation of a heist, complete with hostages.
Low wages, anti-worker laws, and a psychopathic for-profit healthcare system is the good ol days to way too many people. And when the not wealthy parrot those same "halcyon" days where they were getting fucked but with a smile, it's basically stockholm syndrome.
I know right, I need $2 million just to be comfortable.
I imagine it's young single people who are making 25k a year and imagining what their current life would be like with 4x the income. Of course real life doesn't work like that when you have a family and need to pay for family things and save for a decent retirement.
We don't have one. We have Social Security, which is really just supplemental at this point and tied to the income levels of their earning years (so people that earned a lot of money get to take more SS than people who didn't earn a lot). Some companies offer 401ks which are investment funds with built in retirement dates but these are also not enough if you're an average worker at said companies (and probably not offered or feasible to the 44%). Also those 401ks never meant to replace company pension plans but did. American is headed towards a huge impoverished retirement class
