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Re:How to live on $432 a month in America by iammrpayments on Saturday May 24, 2025 @12:25AM (#44078764)
I’m not sure if the “rat race” actually produces real wealth to subsidize this.

If anything you could say we’re able to subsidize this despite the “rat race”.

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Re:How to live on $432 a month in America by margalabargala on Saturday May 24, 2025 @04:36AM (#44079717)
The "rat race" refers to the economic engine that is American society.
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Re:How to live on $432 a month in America by dangus on Saturday May 24, 2025 @10:31PM (#44085114)
It is a literal subsidy that is on paper and real where you can go look up the public budgets and confirm it exists.
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