return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agoU.S. drops from top 20 happiest countries list in 2024 World Happiness Report for the first timewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down112
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minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down8·8 months agoThat’s not true, wages have outpaced inflation. So for most people, their costs have been covered by higher wages.
minus-squarelewdian69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-28 months agoCan you cite a source for this? It is not what most people are anecdotally experiencing so you are being down voted.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agohttps://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/the-purchasing-power-of-american-households Most people actually are better off, because 50% (the median) is doing much better under Biden than under Trump
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoSounds nice on paper but that’s not reality for a significant number of people still scraping by paycheck to paycheck, many with college degrees and years of experience, one shitty day away from being homeless.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoThis was just as true four years ago, and it was true twenty years ago. I’m talking about the improvements under Biden: https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/the-purchasing-power-of-american-households
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI refer you to my previous comment.
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI refer you to my previous comment.
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI refer you to my previous comment.
That’s not true, wages have outpaced inflation. So for most people, their costs have been covered by higher wages.
Can you cite a source for this? It is not what most people are anecdotally experiencing so you are being down voted.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/the-purchasing-power-of-american-households
Most people actually are better off, because 50% (the median) is doing much better under Biden than under Trump
Sounds nice on paper but that’s not reality for a significant number of people still scraping by paycheck to paycheck, many with college degrees and years of experience, one shitty day away from being homeless.
This was just as true four years ago, and it was true twenty years ago. I’m talking about the improvements under Biden:
https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/the-purchasing-power-of-american-households
I refer you to my previous comment.
Which previous comment
I refer you to my previous comment.
Which one
I refer you to my previous comment.
Which previous comment?