• BaldProphet@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Housing crisis, 40-year out of date poverty level, a minimum wage that hasn’t been increased in 15 years and that has had a continuously decreasing purchasing power for almost 60 years. Most expensive healthcare, rampant student loan debt, record-breaking corporate profits, a self-immolating middle class, etc. etc.

    Honestly, it’s hard to find much to be happy about here right now.

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      8 months ago

      The US is far richer than a lot of the higher ranked countries. Furthermore, it’s the best performing country out of the pandemic. Can’t be the reason for the drop

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        8 months ago

        A tiny percentage of Americans hold the majority of that wealth. The average American is not wealthy.