return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years agoThe US economy is doing well. President Biden wants to know why so many Americans are still feeling badwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe US economy is doing well. President Biden wants to know why so many Americans are still feeling badwww.cnn.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoEither way, they aren’t working any minimum wage jobs.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoOkay but they’re still living off ramen and putting off medical treatment and hoping their car doesn’t blow up
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoThe solution to all those problems involves increasing real wages. Which is what has happened for the last year, especially for the lowest quintile.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI’m sure that will make the ramen taste better.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoIncreasing real wages is always better than decreasing real wages. Which is what was happening before Biden.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoYeah, if only people looked at the statistics and ignored the rumbling in their stomachs. Public policy folks have it so hard.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoFor most people, the rumbling was even worse before Biden. That’s the part you try so hard to ignore.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI’m not doubting the statistics show that. But people’s stomachs are still rumbling, and they’re not going to be silenced by statistics.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoNo, but the only way to silence them is to do more of what Biden has already done.
Either way, they aren’t working any minimum wage jobs.
Okay but they’re still living off ramen and putting off medical treatment and hoping their car doesn’t blow up
The solution to all those problems involves increasing real wages. Which is what has happened for the last year, especially for the lowest quintile.
I’m sure that will make the ramen taste better.
Increasing real wages is always better than decreasing real wages. Which is what was happening before Biden.
Yeah, if only people looked at the statistics and ignored the rumbling in their stomachs. Public policy folks have it so hard.
For most people, the rumbling was even worse before Biden. That’s the part you try so hard to ignore.
I’m not doubting the statistics show that.
But people’s stomachs are still rumbling, and they’re not going to be silenced by statistics.
No, but the only way to silence them is to do more of what Biden has already done.