Re:Americans Have Quit Quitting Their Jobs
by lockhouse on Thursday July 06, 2023 @11:19AM
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I’m not sure why you’re being downvoted. This statement is 100 percent accurate. It is tough being middle class right now. Inflation has drastically outstripped our pay raises. The price of housing, gas, and common food items is way up.
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Re:Americans Have Quit Quitting Their Jobs
by spacemadness on Thursday July 06, 2023 @11:53AM
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Do you honestly think that people are downvoting the idea the middle class is hurting? They’re downvoting as it lazily and dishonestly uses poor people as a scapegoat. But I think you know that.
Re:Americans Have Quit Quitting Their Jobs
by sosborn on Thursday July 06, 2023 @12:15PM
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I don't think anyone reading this thread thought that poor people were being used as a scapegoat. I think people read it as the middle class being pushed down rather than pulled down.
Re:Americans Have Quit Quitting Their Jobs
by michaelt on Thursday July 06, 2023 @12:32PM
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The post is probably getting downvotes because people can't tell whether it's complaining that people are being reallocated from middle class to poor; or whether money is being reallocated from middle class people to poor people.