return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoA staggering 80% of American households are financially worse off than they were before COVID-19finance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1777arrow-down110
arrow-up1767arrow-down1external-linkA staggering 80% of American households are financially worse off than they were before COVID-19finance.yahoo.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squarepsycho_driver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up83arrow-down2·1 year agoMitch McConnell staring off into space - Good thing Americans had those stimulus checks to live off of for the past 30 months.
minus-squarestella@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·1 year agoSpeaking of, where did that money come from? Did they just print it? Weird how when it comes to helping the working class, taxing the rich is never an option. But when it comes to helping the ruling class, you can tax the working class and print money.
minus-squarerusticus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoFun fact: more money was printed during the pandemic than in the history of the US. And 80+% of it went to the top 1%.
Mitch McConnell staring off into space - Good thing Americans had those stimulus checks to live off of for the past 30 months.
Speaking of, where did that money come from?
Did they just print it?
Weird how when it comes to helping the working class, taxing the rich is never an option. But when it comes to helping the ruling class, you can tax the working class and print money.
Fun fact: more money was printed during the pandemic than in the history of the US. And 80+% of it went to the top 1%.