The slight majority of Americans say they are worse off than four years ago, while their assessments of the U.S. economy are subpar and inflation remains a key concern.
Yeah I joked about the 10% worse, they just raised interest rates and all the warmongering lead to inflation (red sea bypass due to Israel and Russian oil getting cut off)
Excuse me for remembering what happened in the last 4 years
Also Biden ended the COVID unemployment payouts, boneheaded move because COVID numbers are higher than ever.
I quoted Biden: "nothing will fundamentally change"
Things fundamentally changed though. He ended COVID payouts, got involved in a land war in Asia, and has been passing Congress to make sure that the extermination campaign in Gaza has enough 2000lb bombs.
That's why I said "things will get 10% worse each year" are you seriously trying to be pedantic about established reality lmao
I’m seriously asking why anyone should bother if things will get 10% worse every year.
I'm serious things are getting worse for a lot of people. Maybe 10% is a bit hyperbolic, but my rent went up by more than 10% in just the last year, I know I'm not alone there.
Food prices went up, COVID subsidies ended, energy prices go up, transport costs go up. All tied to this admins foreign and domestic policies.
We can quibble over if it's 10% or something slightly lower number, but unless you're in a bubble things have been getting worse for people.
Also why bother? I'm willing to fight even if it looks hopeless and I don't think I'm alone there either.
Because even if you are being hyperbolic about the 10%, if it definitely always gets worse every year, then it sounds like it's just hopeless and we should all give up. Because, based on what you have said so far, life will never get better no matter what.
Things can absolutely get better, I can concede that. It's just that the bad guys won, the workers of the world already lost against the forces of endless exploitation.
I'm not going to stop fighting for everyone to be free just because of a few setbacks that happened before I was born.