There are remedies to close that gap…
New Report Shows Working-Class Americans Live 7 Years Fewer Than Rich
Submitted 2 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to workreform@lemmy.world
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-help-committee-inequality-seven-years
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MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 2 months ago
jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I know what you mean, but the actual problem is that americans can’t stop fucking killing themselves with stupid behaviur.
half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
You can’t truly believe rich people are just inherently better at not dying of heart disease or cancer.
MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Keep licking them boots.
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
7 years as of right now. It’s trending downward.
samus12345@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 months ago
nypost.com/…/lotto-winner-went-for-back-checkup-f…
tldr. Man couldn’t afford to go to the doctor until he won the lottery.
Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That can be corrected pretty quick.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Well obviously, once we retire our lives no longer have value.
The closer retirement age and death are the better it is for the economy; at its most efficient we’d work until the day we die at 60.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I mean, no. Entire industries are founded on retirement money being spent. They want people to save 401ks, no pensions. And then die as soon as they run out of money or start costing the state anything
queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
But wouldn’t it be better for them if we die and our children cash out their parents’ retirement savings to put it into the economy immediately? Think of how much economic activity is generated when a 30 year old inherits two $500,000 accounta from their dead parents!
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
We can adjust those statistics 😏
Just ask The Adjuster
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes but they keep voting to have their lifespans cut.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not me… ffs, they should speak for themselves
Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Luigi Mangione was trying his best to close that gap.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
For fuck’s sake please stop robbing this man of his presumption of innocence.
Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m not on the jury.
herrvogel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wow. It’s rare to see someone incorrectly use fewer instead of less.
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Isn’t fewer the better choice in formal English because years are a countable plural noun?
herrvogel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s not. You can count years, but years are a unit of time and you can’t count time. Same thing with weight or distance or volume or a bunch of other things.
It’s not a super strict rule anyway. Money is very much countable but it’s “less”.
kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 months ago
Good job, Rich.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
Surprised it’s only 7 tbh.
Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fuck words. If newsmax thinks otherwise this is worthless…
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is a logical trick - the longer you live, the likely you get richer.
I understand everyone’s bias, but not why such pleasant to find moments are left ignored.
halykthered@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Not 1% rich, as the article says.
Years of being unable to afford preventative care, and insurance coverage denial for helpful procedures, mean the average person will die sooner. The lifespan of Americans is much lower, despite higher costs of healthcare, when compared against peer countries.
I bet there’s more plastic in poorer people as well.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Those with investments and other preparations in place to retire comfortably and still make money somehow are only a fraction of the population. Not everyone’s a business owner, not everyone invested in the stock market in time, not everyone has a savings account, not everyone owns their own house. There’s a chasm between the haves and the have-nots.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I was trying to say causality goes both ways between “being rich” and “living longer”.
Of course there is a chasm. There are also mass murders of towns and villages on the Syrian coast right now, with the EU having reacted swiftly by condemning the victims, and the US having reacted only in words and proceeding to bomb Yemeni houthis with means more than enough to stop those mass murders.
There are storms, and there are still times, and there are times of abundance and of hunger.
Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We need Dr. Luigi to help close the gap.
samus12345@lemm.ee 2 months ago
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jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Coward. Do it yourself if you think it’s such a great idea.
Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s the issue isn’t it. Most in the U.S. don’t have the same gumption to get out there and get it done. It’s easier to have someone else do all the work. I am certainly not confident enough in myself to join any protests or riots. I’m too afraid of the consequences if or when it all goes wrong.