Unpopular opinion: Americans don't know what real poverty is (yet). Even our drug-addicted mentally-ill homeless felons are not starving to death. You want to see true poverty, look into the Holodomor.
You think things are bad now? Just wait.
Considering most American live hand-to-mouth the current situation is a huge deal. Especially if you were not a homeowner prior the recent housing cost run up. Rents, gas, food, all up up up.
For those of us with a decent job and most of our shit paid for, it is more of an annoyance than a struggle. To not understand that most Americans don't have it like that, you have to live in a bubble or just be a SMUG asshat. In Krugman's case, he is both.
For those of us with a decent job and most of our shit paid for, it is more of an annoyance than a struggle. To not understand that most Americans don't have it like that, you have to live in a bubble or just be a SMUG asshat. In Krugman's case, he is both.
I feel really bad for kids just starting out. Buying a home, starting a family now must be near impossible to manage.
Add the student loan scam and it is damn near impossible.
I got banned off Twitter for calling him a moron who knows nothing about economics for a tweet he made showing this....
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