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The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers? (www.washingtonpost.com)
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The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well if you're dumb I'll call ya dumb.

Look, federal negotiations are usually kept quiet until a final deal is announced, but even some basic googling brings up a few examples of stuff that's in the pipeline:

The Biden admin is constantly working towards a variety of legislative deals and policy changes that help all kinds of people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have and will have no children

I’ve been graduated from college for 18 years

I’ve never paid an overdraft fee in my life

I am 24 years from being Medicare eligible

I don’t think I’m that unique. Your below policies will help many, but also will not make a difference for many. Sorry I am not pleased being in a perpetual donut hole. Too poor to be comfortable, yet too “rich” to get help.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, I didn't know any of that about you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Didn’t say you did.

I just want you to realize there are still a ton of us struggling, regardless of what the official numbers say. For a lot of us, or pay has not caught up with inflation, and there is no sign of it happening soon. Necessities continue to go up faster than inflation. I don’t care that TVs are cheaper, I don’t need a new tv, but I do need to eat.

It is more dangerous this November than people realize.