• greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo
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          17 hours ago

          Thanks to the assclowns piloting the economy, I make the exact same as I did in 2013. Less after inflation. I used to make quite a chunk more.

      • queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        3 days ago

        If it makes you feel any better, it’s not like poor Americans are doing much better because of the lower sticker price. Federal minimum wage is (still…) $7.25/hr, less for some tipped jobs, and a lot of people with those jobs have a significant commute. It’s the same system where the working class is squeezed to the breaking point in the service of shareholder value, just with slightly different minimums for different things.