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In reply to the discussion: The economy isn't working for many people. It's paycheck to paycheck for many families, especially young families. [View all]RandomNumbers
(18,048 posts)64. Thank you, you expressed it better than I did.
I don't want to obscure that there is a lot of inequity in wealth distribution in this country. But the sad fact is many people don't make the most of what they do have.
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The economy isn't working for many people. It's paycheck to paycheck for many families, especially young families. [View all]
Raven
May 2024
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The people I've talked to feel it in everyday things like gas and groceries. They're not into the stock market
Raven
May 2024
#5
The "living paycheck to paycheck" doesn't fit well with campaign's message economy is doing well.
Silent Type
May 2024
#6
I'm afraid that Biden is giving the impression that everything is fine and it's just not.
Raven
May 2024
#9
This is the best economy of my lifetime...it won't get any better than this...
Demsrule86
May 2024
#16
Americans are bad at saving money, being frugal, having modest expectations compared to a lot of other countries.
betsuni
May 2024
#34
You are self-admittedly well off. ZERO wrong with that. I am too. But for tens of millions in the lowest deciles, the
Celerity
May 2024
#45
My husband has progressive neuropathy and has disability I am on Medicare...it took us over a year to qualify
Demsrule86
May 2024
#69
Maybe I have you confused with another poster from Ohio, but I seem to recall you complaing about paying more
Celerity
May 2024
#71
And you want to blame something for some of the remaining issues with the economy...I nominate globalism...
Demsrule86
May 2024
#70
So would you expect him to talk about "how awful things are"? No, you highlight all the GOOD, and there is a LOT of it.
Bob0264
May 2024
#72
That 78 per cent figure is not from 2019. It is from May 24 to June 16, 2017, 4 to 5 months
Celerity
May 2024
#47
So if you're living paycheck the paycheck it's your fault because you spend too much
Tribetime
May 2024
#38
When I was a young married woman with children...we bought a house interest rates were in double digits,
Demsrule86
May 2024
#15
White House uses the term 'Bidenomics' to help sell the president's economic agenda
Celerity
May 2024
#68
Extraordinarily so. Also, there are staggeringly few posters under 30yo or so.
Celerity
May 2024
#48
Economists blame the latest unemployment report and the price of washing machines, but
usonian
May 2024
#39
I had a co-worker that took the pension buyout, he received around $120k. He went out
doc03
May 2024
#57
Thank you. Obstructionist Republican control of the House for 6 of 8 years of Clinton and Obama, 2 of Biden
betsuni
May 2024
#46