Yup. Something to remember whenever Forbes or WSJ publishes some feel-good article about how, “household income is keeping up with inflation.”
What they don’t mention is the “household” now includes everyone except the family dog. And even with everyone working, the quality of life continues to decline.
As someone currently raosong 2 kids on a single fairly meager income, it comes down to budgeting, extreme price sensitivity and using the annual child tax credits as a cash injection to rebalance everything every 12 months and/or subsidize major needed purchases
Glad I’m not alone in this. Tight budgeting that slowly trickles down to negative and then the tax credits come in and give us a boost to hopefully last the next year.
Politicians should have to live on the federal minimum wage. Their jobs and staff can be managed by an office manager. Any personal wealth has to go into a blind trust so there’s no cheating.
A trump presidency would be the beginning of the end. Republicans want compete control because they need it inact their cruel policies. When the common folk are on the streets hungry, the rich start to look awfully appetizing.
I often wonder similarly. comes down to double income. We went from families being raised on 40 hours a week labor to 100 or more.
Yup. Something to remember whenever Forbes or WSJ publishes some feel-good article about how, “household income is keeping up with inflation.”
What they don’t mention is the “household” now includes everyone except the family dog. And even with everyone working, the quality of life continues to decline.
As someone currently raosong 2 kids on a single fairly meager income, it comes down to budgeting, extreme price sensitivity and using the annual child tax credits as a cash injection to rebalance everything every 12 months and/or subsidize major needed purchases
Glad I’m not alone in this. Tight budgeting that slowly trickles down to negative and then the tax credits come in and give us a boost to hopefully last the next year.
imagine if that credit was removed due to certain politicians who respond with people need to budget better and bootstrap and crap.
Politicians should have to live on the federal minimum wage. Their jobs and staff can be managed by an office manager. Any personal wealth has to go into a blind trust so there’s no cheating.
Let’s see how fast that wage comes up.
A trump presidency would be the beginning of the end. Republicans want compete control because they need it inact their cruel policies. When the common folk are on the streets hungry, the rich start to look awfully appetizing.
Don’t worry rich people, the police will get a wage increase to keep those hungry beggars away from you.