HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 hours agoTell me you're poor without telling me your incomemessage-squaremessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1-19arrow-down1message-squareTell me you're poor without telling me your incomeHenriVolney@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 hours agomessage-square31linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 hours agoBack in 1960, the US minimum wage was $1.00/hour and the average house was $11,000.00 In those days, pretty much any union job would support a family of four with a decent house and money to send the kids to college. By those standards, today’s ‘middle class’ is poverty stricken.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-251 minutes ago“Everyone is poor” sounds more like “tell me you’re not poor without telling me your income”. Not to be, like, a dick about it, though. I’m glad if you’re doing (relatively) alright, and hope you’ll use that for good.
Back in 1960, the US minimum wage was $1.00/hour and the average house was $11,000.00
In those days, pretty much any union job would support a family of four with a decent house and money to send the kids to college.
By those standards, today’s ‘middle class’ is poverty stricken.
“Everyone is poor” sounds more like “tell me you’re not poor without telling me your income”.
Not to be, like, a dick about it, though. I’m glad if you’re doing (relatively) alright, and hope you’ll use that for good.