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They can't afford bread?
Let them eat cake.
this post was submitted on 13 May 2025
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It takes $44,737 for a one-person household to maintain a "minimal quality of life"?
Stagnation of wages and increasing prices are causing a crisis, no doubt, but is that really the number we're looking at for a minimum?
According to this, I've only ever personally known (at least well enough to know their income) two people affording a 'minimal quality of life'.
Reverse inflation says that 1970 dollars that would be about $5400. Don't know how useful that is without knowing (remembering, which I don't) the cost of things then.
On another note, the current poverty line is $15k for a single person. I can't see how someone could afford a place to live and eat with that in most places. I guess if you share a place with a few other people.
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I didn't see that value in the article. Did I miss a reference?
It's shocking, isn't it? And yet, consider how many people are living on a USD/day. In that context, I feel incredibly blessed.
"Sound like the perfect time to cut Medicaid" -Republican Congress
As far as I can tell they're trying to push for violence so they can initiate martial law and stop elections.
Sounds like a conspiracy theory, but these fucks are literally focused on doing only what hurts average Americans. It's concentrated.
What they don't seem to grasp is that we're the most armed populous on the planet, so martial law may not do what they think it's going to do.
Either way, arm up.
"For the bottom 60% of U.S. households, a "minimal quality of life" is out of reach"
Is this for real? Sounds odd to me.
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Y’all got options you just won’t do it.
They don't want to hear it and will fight you about it. Their fascist dictator however...all good.
Check with the IRS! Someone call Bill Nye to confirm. How can this be true?! 😂😂
Yeah, but something something half a world away..
How much did the analyst get paid?