GiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoAmericans are unusually down on a solid economy. So far, they aren't spending — or voting — like it.www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down113
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkAmericans are unusually down on a solid economy. So far, they aren't spending — or voting — like it.www.nbcnews.comGiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down1·11 months agoA lot of us aren’t getting paid a bit more. Especially those of us in rural industries. And yeah goods and services are a bit more, rent is a lot more, even in places a lot of people don’t want to live.
minus-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoI got paid more the last two years but waaaaayyyyyyyy under inflation levels. Wish I was on social security.
minus-squareripcord@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down7·11 months agoOk, but a lot of people are, too. More than aren’t.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·11 months agoThat’s the point. It’s macro, not micro. Maybe you won’t feel the increase in wages until next time you change jobs.
minus-squareathos77@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months ago Maybe you won’t feel the increase in wages until next time you change jobs. Must be nice to live in an area where there are options like that.
A lot of us aren’t getting paid a bit more. Especially those of us in rural industries. And yeah goods and services are a bit more, rent is a lot more, even in places a lot of people don’t want to live.
I got paid more the last two years but waaaaayyyyyyyy under inflation levels. Wish I was on social security.
Ok, but a lot of people are, too. More than aren’t.
That’s the point. It’s macro, not micro. Maybe you won’t feel the increase in wages until next time you change jobs.
Must be nice to live in an area where there are options like that.