InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 年前What does it take to be "middle class" in America today?hexbear.netimagemessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1106arrow-down1imageWhat does it take to be "middle class" in America today?hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 年前message-square52linkfedilinkfile-text
archive.today • How Americans define the middle-class and why they can’t reach it - The Washington Post
minus-squareFloridaBoi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 年前I feel like there’s probabilities associated with that stuff. Most people’s retirements are tied to stock markets
minus-squarenat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 年前This information would harm the worldview of Washington Post staffers
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 年前No information can impact the worldview of Washington Post staffers
minus-squarenat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 年前Maybe not information, but there’s always
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 年前They are, I lost 300 dollars last week from my “retirement savings” lmao
minus-squareElon_Musk [none/use name]@hexbear.netBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 年前Yea, but real talk: barring the collapse of the US empire, you will make money in the long run.
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 年前That’s some clown world type shit.
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 年前What happened to pensions? Did Reagan mess that up too?
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 年前Yes, indirectly but yes.
minus-squareidkmybffjoeysteel [he/him]@hexbear.netBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 年前conspiracy by big bank to force you to care about “the economy”
minus-squareFloridaBoi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 年前They also make broker commissions and account fees from holding investments. Just skimming right off your earnings
minus-squareidkmybffjoeysteel [he/him]@hexbear.netBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 年前it is so fucked, if you earn little and you get auto-enrolled into a default scheme with high fees in the UK, literally your entire savings will be eroded by fees within the year
I feel like there’s probabilities associated with that stuff. Most people’s retirements are tied to stock markets
This information would harm the worldview of Washington Post staffers
No information can impact the worldview of Washington Post staffers
Maybe not information, but there’s always
They are, I lost 300 dollars last week from my “retirement savings” lmao
Yea, but real talk: barring the collapse of the US empire, you will make money in the long run.
That’s some clown world type shit.
Ain’t that the truth
What happened to pensions? Did Reagan mess that up too?
Yes, indirectly but yes.
conspiracy by big bank to force you to care about “the economy”
They also make broker commissions and account fees from holding investments. Just skimming right off your earnings
it is so fucked, if you earn little and you get auto-enrolled into a default scheme with high fees in the UK, literally your entire savings will be eroded by fees within the year