InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoWhat does it take to be "middle class" in America today?hexbear.netimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1107file-text
arrow-up1107imageWhat does it take to be "middle class" in America today?hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-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-up31·1 year agoI 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-up26·1 year agoThis information would harm the worldview of Washington Post staffers
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoNo information can impact the worldview of Washington Post staffers
minus-squarenat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoMaybe not information, but there’s always
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoThey are, I lost 300 dollars last week from my “retirement savings” lmao
minus-squareElon_Musk [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoYea, 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-up7·1 year agoThat’s some clown world type shit.
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAin’t that the truth
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoWhat happened to pensions? Did Reagan mess that up too?
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoYes, indirectly but yes.
minus-squareidkmybffjoeysteel [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoconspiracy by big bank to force you to care about “the economy”
minus-squareFloridaBoi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThey also make broker commissions and account fees from holding investments. Just skimming right off your earnings
minus-squareidkmybffjoeysteel [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoit 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