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Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l... by throw0101a on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @10:48AM (#27516311)
> Many people live paycheck to paycheck

Roughly half of US salary earners, per BLS:

* https://ofdollarsanddata.com/the-biggest-lie-in-personal-fin...

(Though that includes students with summer jobs; still a lot though.)

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Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l... by armagon on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:27PM (#27518596)
Oh my goodness! That's appalling. How is our system so broken?
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Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l... by imtringued on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @05:26PM (#27521732)
People want to pretend that it is all about "financial skills". Mostly because they want to blame poorer people who are bad at something because they are good at it and thus get to show off their superiority. It's not about useful skills, it's about the relative difference in skill to support a mental model/world view.
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Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l... by nr2x on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @11:47AM (#27529861)
No skill can turn $7.25 into a living wage.
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