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Yavin4

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9. On a temporal basis, the economy is indeed the best it's ever going to get, but....

Reply to madville (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 5, 2025, 06:12 PM

Jan 5

as you intuit, it's terrible for a large number of people, possibly a majority. That's because of long term inflationary trends in housing, transportation, education, and healthcare. All of which people need to become middle class, but all of which is growing at a rate that dwarfs wage growth.

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