• aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com
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    6 months ago

    61% of adults in the US invest - not 1 or 2%.

    Prices on food have been decreasing, and mostly were a result of supermarket chains dialing their profit margin up - look at Kroger and Publix’ YoY profit margin numbers.

    Housing prices are currently seeing downward pressure. The zero interest rate is what blew up the bubble - and we’re now seeing the effects of correcting it back to a normal rate.

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        6 months ago

        Yeah, they own 93% of everything. That’s irrelevant to whether people in the middle class are seeing a better economy. And, which president has helped improve that figure, and which has not?

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          People are not seeing a better economy, they can see past the gaslighting coming from our government, and gaslighting doesn’t pay the bills