GiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 11 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 · 11 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarecandyman337@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up83arrow-down2·11 months agowho gives a fuck about a solid economy if I can’t afford anything? Who is it solid for? The fucking shareholders??
minus-squarejandar_fett@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoDING DING DING. The 10 or so mega corporations that are left after all the consolidation 2 Electric Boogaloo are making BANK so yeah… We good. /s
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down14·11 months ago wages are finally rising faster than inflation This is macroeconomics, not microeconomics. Personally, I don’t really feel much of a difference. I pay a bit more for goods and services and I get paid a bit more as well.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·11 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-down1·11 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-down7·11 months agoOk, but a lot of people are, too. More than aren’t.
minus-squareathos77@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 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.
minus-squareUranium3006@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agothe micro econ is me no moneyhave, therefore I don’t buy shit.
who gives a fuck about a solid economy if I can’t afford anything? Who is it solid for? The fucking shareholders??
DING DING DING. The 10 or so mega corporations that are left after all the consolidation 2 Electric Boogaloo are making BANK so yeah… We good. /s
This is macroeconomics, not microeconomics.
Personally, I don’t really feel much of a difference. I pay a bit more for goods and services and I get paid a bit more as well.
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.
the micro econ is me no moneyhave, therefore I don’t buy shit.