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  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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    6 months ago

    God what fucking world are these people living in? The economy is good??? Inflation is solved??? My grocery and gas bills are still nearly double what they were before Biden took office so I’m going with “That’s a fucking lie”

    • ryepunk [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      Don't you see they have statistics on their side though!

      I'm so tired of hearing "real wage growth has rebounded faster than ever before!"

      Really? In what fucking jobs that working class people are working? You telling me grocery store workers are getting paid more? Or delivery drivers? Looking into the data I'm sure the growth is entirely driven by the top 40% of earners who don't love in anything close to the precarity that average working class folks do.

      The only reason there is any gains at all is because unions are striking and just vaguely point at rent increases and grocery food prices and even company negotiators are forced to grant giant raises because public perception would annihilate them otherwise.

      Claiming Biden caused any of this is ludicrous. He made the rich get richer and we have to fight tooth and nail for every cent we claw back from them. Fuck Biden he deserves to lose, and it's a shame Trump is the alternative, because the path forward is bad or worse.

    • itappearsthat
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      6 months ago

      Yeah your grocery bill may have doubled, but now it won't double again (for a while) - we solved your problem!

      • very_poggers_gay [they/them]
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        6 months ago

        libs pointing to a graph that shows the rate of inflation went down from 9% to 4% per year

        See? Things are getting cheaper so you can't even complain anymore

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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          6 months ago

          Meanwhile the average worker is looking at a 3% raise per year if they're lucky. Usually 0% or some fixed 25¢ amount.

          Real wages went up because they went down slightly slower! Well, only if your inflation calculation ignored necessities like food, housing, and energy.