• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    This is the stuff I think of whenever someone says “America is the land of the free”.

    We’re really not. We’re the land of working paycheck-to-paycheck. It’s been eight years since we learned that 40,000,000 people can’t afford a sudden $400 expense.

    It’s a shame. This is what’s going to get a legit fascist elected in November.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    If you don’t have a home now you soon won’t be able to buy one for a very long time.

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      6 months ago

      this thought pushed us to buy this year. Some instantly started mocking us for buying while rates are 6% - but nothing I can see on the horizon is going to halve rates in the near future.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah, my boyfriend and I are in our mid twenties and still not moved out of his parents’ house, but we just made an offer on a house and it was accepted, so fingers crossed.

      Shit is already so rough, and yet it doesn’t seem like it’ll get better. It’s a shame, really.

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    6 months ago

    That means you would need a $9.61 per hour raise @40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year to get $20,000 before taxes.