That’s by design. It’s the natural end result of trying to maximize exploitation.
Yay Capitalism!
How does this compare to typical? Haven’t Americans generally had a significant portion of the population living paycheck to paycheck?
This number has been steadily increasing over time. It was 30% in the 90s, 40% in the 2000s. Then with the ‘08 recession and onslaught of shit since then, it spiked up into the 60s for a while around ‘21. I am surprised it’s back down into the 50s again, but maybe that speaks to just how little $1k can buy you after the exploitative price gouging of the past few years.
Aka wage slavery.
If you can’t afford to miss a paycheck, you can’t afford to say no to your boss.
And if you can’t afford to miss a paycheck, you don’t have time to prep a resume, go out for interviews, or other activities that would allow you to find a new job.
We’re fucked. But Lonnie can still buy a company and run it into the ground, so the system works!
Milk is over $6 USD a gallon here in Miami. Not your whole-foods-grass-fed-hormone-free-kind-cow milk, regular ass store brand we-dont-give-a-fuck-about-cows milk. >6 bucks.
I’m not fucking using printer ink for cereal … WTF?
I pay $3.50 at Safeway in San Francisco. According to this https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/milk-prices-adjusted-for-inflation/ it’s generally cheaper than it has been except for the last few years.
Yeah, it says in the article you venerate consumerism
With a percentage that high I can imagine there is a good chunk of people who don’t really need to live pay to pay.
When I was young I spent every dollar on partying and no matter how much I made I found a way to spend it.
and when I finally decided to save I went all in on cutting expenses, the vast vast majority of people never interrogate their expenses.
the vast vast majority of people never interrogate their expenses.
Source: the Association for Rectally Sourced Estimates
While most people can cut out some expenses, they should not have to in order to be able to afford a decent lifestyle with productivity at the highest point in history.
