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Half of America Makes Less Than 35k (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 7 months ago (6 children)

My idea of becoming rich isn't a fancy mansion.... It's having enough for all of my essentials and having plenty left over...

Ya know, what used to be normal?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago

I hate that we consider that rich. Being able to have a normal home, food on table and a bit left over for rainy days shouldn't be considered rich, it should be the baseline for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

None of this is for you. This order, these laws.

So what kind of fucking idiot would stick to them?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wish I could both afford to have health insurance and afford to go to the doctor. I can't even afford to get insurance on my car and the health insurance cost 20% of my income but has a $2,000 deductible? What the fuck?!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

Deductibles should be illegal it's like "I have insurance, but not really"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I have that but it's pretty much cost me my entire self and identity. All I do anymore is work and sleep. I don't socialize ever and it feels sinful if I'm awake and not making a dollar of profit for the overseer.

Somewhere there's a middle ground, but I've never found it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago

The purchasing of the median person power has NEVER been higher than now

https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/the-purchasing-power-of-american-households

what time period are you referring to?