"Americans are adamant that US economic circumstances are getting worse. They're wrong"

Last year the bread price went from 2.50 a loaf to 2.75. This year the price of bread ONLY rose from 2.75 to 2.90. See? Things are getting better!

rate of inflation

Weasel question. If the inflation rate was 15% last year and then “only” 13%, then technically the rate of inflation has gone down up obviously you still have the issue of higher prices than last year.

My mistake, I thought everything costs more and rent has fucking tripled since covid. I guess I'm actually not poor despite my lack of money

Real average hourly earnings increased 0.8 percent, seasonally adjusted, from October 2022 to October 2023. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 0.9 percent in the average workweek resulted in no change in real average weekly earnings over this period.

hey nerd, break question 1 down into income quartiles for me.

oh, look at that - the other 4 questions have immediately been explained by the rate of wage increase per income quartile? wow

Time traveler from 1800: "Wow! What was the 21st century like?"

Me: "I got gaslit by a fucking magazine"

“Do you think the rate of inflation has risen or stayed the same since this time last year.”

People are correctly pointing out that inflation has made prices worse. The fact that the rate is down is little consolation when the rate has been very high and is still higher than for their salaries.

There's now like 2-5 Op-Eds/Twitter threads a week about how the economy is ASKCUALLY doing GREAT now, and every one gets posted to r/neoliberal

"Here's why what you're experiencing is not actually real."

-Some Chucklefuck

Fish hook theory is proved correct once again. Libs and Conservatives are both fully on board with the "facts don't care about your feelings" method of argument and don't seem to understand that being smarmy to people who are miserable doesn't get them to like you.

Am I out of touch? 🤔

No. It's the masses who are wrong. 🙃

These freaks are going to fuck up their game and bag by denying Americans their bread and circus

Hilarious tbh. The audacity to publish a poll where you shit talk one segment of the population, not to mention 90%

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Stancil as great, I hope he never gives this up. Like its been explained to him dozens of times every day for three years now that peoples experience of the economy really can't be captured in macroeconomic data and ultimately it's people's lived experience that will drive voting in 2024. And yet every day he logs on with a new GDP chart and screams at people that their should change their opinion on the economy becuase of the chart.

Also the only people that follow him and engage with him are leftists who are there to make fun of him.

"The peasants say they're not eating food or getting clean water. But have they considered that they're wrong?"

BUT HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT YOU CAN WATCH YOUTUBE ON YOUR FRIDGE NOW

I'd like to meet the 40% of Americans who think it hasn't gotten worse since the 90's. "Fuck you I got mine" boomer/gen x types?

It's the stupid, economy!

Not even worst tabloids are usually this crude, and FT is supposed to be serious publication. Their asses must be on fire.

anytime I see some liberal writing about how the economy is doing great and they don't understand why we think it's bad I think of this

It's a good thing that all workers experience life the same way as invented metrics

Asking my landlord if I can pay rent this month with all of the new minimum wage jobs Biden created!

these people make me seethe with hatred

Wait do bank accounts run out of money when you have to keep spending the money or??????

Mandatory optimism in all situations at all times is one of my least favorite parts of American culture

Also, I can say for sure that things were better in some ways 30 years ago because things like the patriot act and No Child Left Behind weren't a thing yet

uhhhh let them eat cock cake?

I thought the title was a joke

To paraphrase Bill Clinton's campaign slogan "It's the inflation, Stupid."

wrongthink

Nice try, but I've lived with narcissistic parents long enough to recognize when I'm being gaslit.