• barrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    The economic claims all just reveal that these people are making over $100k and living in a bubble. Even people doing reasonably well are noticing shit just keeps getting worse.

    • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      Fr, ranting about how shit the economy is and everything becoming more expensive is a pretty common conversation piece. Really gives away how out of touch these idiots are.

      • Poison_Ivy [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        Because they assume that GDP, Stock Market and Job Creation are the only measure of how good the economy is.

        Not more relevant statistics like: rent prices, food prices, wages

        You can create millions of jobs but it doesn’t matter a bit if those jobs can’t afford a 1 bedroom apartment in any part of the country. Its the most clearest signal of how privileged the people on that subreddit in particular are.

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      Not like 80% of people under 35 will ever own a house anyway, but mortgage rates are at 8% right now. Even people making good cash would be paying 50+% of their income towards housing right now. What fucking planet are they from that that sounds like a healthy economy?