alphanerd4@lemmy.worldM to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 8 months agoThe Cost of Living a Decent Life in America is 96,000 Annuallylemmy.worldimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1208arrow-down1imageThe Cost of Living a Decent Life in America is 96,000 Annuallylemmy.worldalphanerd4@lemmy.worldM to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square49fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarecoolkicks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down2·8 months agoI still remember six figures being the key to posterity. And now you may still starve.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoHow so? The graphic indicates you’ll live comfortably with that income, not starve.
minus-squarecoolkicks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoI’m in the family bucket on the right.
minus-squarecoolkicks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoBy eating them. Out of the bucket and full tummy.
minus-squareCosmicomical@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoClose, the eating part is right, but the people to eat is not your family.
minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoWe hit a point where it was a nice landmark and then when the moment passed we all got locked in on it. It’s not as fun to say the modern equivalent is some messy number far above it so we just got stuck instead.
I still remember six figures being the key to posterity. And now you may still starve.
How so? The graphic indicates you’ll live comfortably with that income, not starve.
I’m in the family bucket on the right.
Get out of the bucket
By eating them. Out of the bucket and full tummy.
Close, the eating part is right, but the people to eat is not your family.
We hit a point where it was a nice landmark and then when the moment passed we all got locked in on it. It’s not as fun to say the modern equivalent is some messy number far above it so we just got stuck instead.