GiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agoAmericans are unusually down on a solid economy. So far, they aren't spending — or voting — like it.www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down113
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkAmericans are unusually down on a solid economy. So far, they aren't spending — or voting — like it.www.nbcnews.comGiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·8 months agoA lot of us aren’t getting paid a bit more. Especially those of us in rural industries. And yeah goods and services are a bit more, rent is a lot more, even in places a lot of people don’t want to live.
minus-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoI got paid more the last two years but waaaaayyyyyyyy under inflation levels. Wish I was on social security.
minus-squareripcord@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down7·8 months agoOk, but a lot of people are, too. More than aren’t.
minus-squareathos77@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months ago Maybe you won’t feel the increase in wages until next time you change jobs. Must be nice to live in an area where there are options like that.
A lot of us aren’t getting paid a bit more. Especially those of us in rural industries. And yeah goods and services are a bit more, rent is a lot more, even in places a lot of people don’t want to live.
I got paid more the last two years but waaaaayyyyyyyy under inflation levels. Wish I was on social security.
Ok, but a lot of people are, too. More than aren’t.
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Must be nice to live in an area where there are options like that.