Cephalotrocity
[gasp] What’s this on the sidewalk to freedom? Another red line? Whatever is one to do? Oh, right, keep on walking and just be careful not to get fresh red paint on my soles.
For one, it does not say “the economy is doing great” so you’re lying when you quote it as saying as such. What it actually says is ‘the economy is improving’, and the Fed lowering interest rates is a strong indicator it is. Biden clearly warns “It doesn’t mean our work is done. Far from it” for those sassy-pants that feel this obvious truth.
That said, the economy is doing very well relative to where it was at due to the Covid pandemic that wrecked havoc. “At its peak, as you all know, inflation was 9.1% in the United States. Today it’s much closer to 2% [2.5%],”. A mere 0.5% above the 2% economists target it to hold at for a healthy base economy.
[unemployment has] “remained the lowest on average of any administration in 50 years.” Which means while you gripe about how shitty the economy is doing you are statistically more likely to be doing it from a work desk than not, incidentally earning more on average than inflation increased by. So, while the sticker shock of the price of an egg carton may alarm your lizard brain you actually still have the cash to pay for it in your pocket and then some. If you don’t, it’s a you problem and not the government’s fault. That said, Harris still has a plan to help with her corporate price-gouging initiative.
In the end, the US economy suffered less from the pandemic, and recovered better than most other Western nations. As rough as it has been it could have been a lot worse, so, maybe spend less time on Lemmy pandering to the lowest common denominator and more looking for work if you’re truly salty is in order?
;tldr Article doesn’t actually say “the economy is doing great”, but considering how hard it was hit it is actually recovering remarkably well. The Fed finally starting to lower interest rates is good news for everyone except Donald and his sycophants.
She should be fired. Oh, now that RFK isn’t a candidate you come clean? Clear breach of journalistic ethics that only got revealed after it didn’t matter. How long would this have kept up had RFK stayed in the race?
Turns out that the cost of commuting was so high, people made more money doing lower paid work closer to home.
This is true for a lot of people everywhere. It’s often ridiculous the amount of time and money lost from commutes that gets forgotten about.
For me commuting outside the city costs at least an hour of time every day, and $1+/hour in fuel weekly that I don’t get paid. For me WFH is like a $1.50+/hr raise that is far more convenient and stress reducing than a better paying job.
;tldr Tor is fine as long as you are keeping it, and related tools up-to-date. Dude de-anonymized as using an old tool with known vulnerabilities fixed in later versions