Somethings wrong about a system where nearly half of its workers need two jobs to survive.

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• DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  When Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, ‘middle class’ in the US was still defined as one job supporting a family of four. In those days, $1 million was considered a vast fortune.

  By the time Bush the elder left office, ‘middle class’ was two jobs to support the family, and $1 million was what a rich guy paid for a party.

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• Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Anyone know where these numbers came from?

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  • DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Basic reality.

    It’s not a difficult search. Look up rents, and then food prices, and then average salaries.

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• Polisheocket@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If I wasn’t married, I’d have to have roommates to survive, I couldn’t afford the average 1 bedroom apartment in my area and I make over 100k

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  • partofthevoice@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Same here. It’s depressing, too… I was really hoping to make good money, but a good home with a nice yard, have pets and the whole thing…

    I also make over 100k and I can’t afford shit. It seems like every raise is met with an increase in cost of living. I’m just lucky to have kept my head above rising water.

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• flandish@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  the first person to put working class into “middle/lower/upper” was a marketing genius. wish i knew who. for there is no real “middle class” - it’s all just working class, but separated means infighting and infighting means not fighting the owning class.

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