• XIIIesq
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    7 months ago

    A man working an average job used to earn enough to buy an average house and comfortably support his wife and kids.

    Now you need two people in full-time work just to pay rent to the landlord.

    The problem is inequality of wealth and the solution is make work pay.

    • @NABDad@lemmy.world
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      537 months ago

      No no, you’re wrong. The problem is taxes are too high and the people on the absolute top don’t get enough money. If we just make them a bit richer, the wealth will finally start trickling down on us.

      Wait! I think I feel it trickling down right now!

      Nope. Just piss. Again.

      • @AA5B@lemmy.world
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        167 months ago

        And too many immigrants. Surely if we keep them out, all those low wage manual labor jobs will still get done, and our population will increase

        • mynachmadarch
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          87 months ago

          Yeah, Florida just did it wrong. They’re not having major farming and trucking issues because they scared away a bunch of immigrants. It’ll work this time everywhere else.

      • IninewCrow
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        47 months ago

        The problem is that we aren’t sending enough money to the wealthy … we need to send them more money because they haven’t been able to trickle some back to us.

        /s sarcasm, this is sarcasm if anyone is wondering

        • @baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
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          47 months ago

          Yacht tax deductions were a good start! Now we need coal and gas subsidies. Those poor capitalists haven’t had new subsidies in over 4 years!

    • FenrirIII
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      27 months ago

      Executives: AI is the answer. We’ll replace people and won’t have to listen to them whining about how hungry they are.