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minus-squareTrilobite@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agoMy rent doubled in the 4 years he was president every utility has shot up, food has doubled in price wages have only gone up 10% buying a house is a pipe dream, according to my bank account inflation at 2.9% is a lie
minus-squareJericho_One@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·2 days agoSomeone doesn’t understand how inflation rates work…
minus-squareTrilobite@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day agoSomeone who does not understand 2.9% means nothing when everything has already doubled in price and wages have hardly moved
minus-squareJericho_One@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·1 day agoSomeone doesn’t understand how inflation rates change over time. Someone doesn’t understand that wages increase.
minus-squareTrilobite@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day agoSomeone who does not understand inflation outpaced wages so much that a low inflation rate now does nothing
minus-squareJericho_One@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoSomeone is either lying or incredibly misinformed…either way, embarrassingly incorrect https://www.americanprogress.org/article/americans-wages-are-higher-than-they-have-ever-been-and-employment-is-near-its-all-time-high If someone doesn’t believe that, someone could just look at all the spending people keep doing https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-consumers-increased-holiday-spending-this-year-even-as-they-battled-higher-prices
My rent doubled in the 4 years he was president every utility has shot up, food has doubled in price wages have only gone up 10% buying a house is a pipe dream, according to my bank account inflation at 2.9% is a lie
Someone doesn’t understand how inflation rates work…
Someone who does not understand 2.9% means nothing when everything has already doubled in price and wages have hardly moved
Someone doesn’t understand how inflation rates change over time.
Someone doesn’t understand that wages increase.
Someone who does not understand inflation outpaced wages so much that a low inflation rate now does nothing
Someone is either lying or incredibly misinformed…either way, embarrassingly incorrect
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/americans-wages-are-higher-than-they-have-ever-been-and-employment-is-near-its-all-time-high
If someone doesn’t believe that, someone could just look at all the spending people keep doing
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-consumers-increased-holiday-spending-this-year-even-as-they-battled-higher-prices