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Ch1Guy t1_j9gsgti wrote

Reply to comment by OisforOwesome in How good the US will be for living in future for those who will be earning decent?? by [deleted]

So minimum wage for large portions of America are at near the highest levels in the past 50 years.

Healthcare coverage is also at some of the highest levels for the past 50 years.

Median household income adjusted for inflation is about the highest it has been in the past 50 years. (if anyone is interested: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/01/09/trends-in-income-and-wealth-inequality/psdt_01-10-20_economic-inequality_1-0/ )

Unemployment is about the lowest it has been over the past 50 years.

People are doing well.

The problem is wealth inequality. Others are doing better and we are not all sharing in the growth of wealth.

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OisforOwesome t1_j9hcuvl wrote

My guy, any amount of people without health care in a so-called 1st world nation is a crime against humanity.

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Ch1Guy t1_j9jbmuf wrote

With the affordable care act, healthcare is available to everyone in America. Anyone without healthcare has chosen to not get healthcare.

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OisforOwesome t1_j9mvydc wrote

That is incredibly fucking ignorant of you but I don't have the time or energy to explain how some people work two or three jobs but still don't have enough money to pay for health insurance, and even if they did, how little coverage cheap plans actually offer.

The USA is the only country in the world where "medical bankruptcy" is a thing and thats a fucking crime.

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Ch1Guy t1_j9n77fo wrote

I could explain the word "crime" to you, but it seems like you live in your own little world with your own "facts"

Is everything perfect? Of course not. Hell not even close.

Are most people doing better based on median income, higher minimum wages, more people with healthcare.... for those that live in the real world , undeniably yes.

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OisforOwesome t1_j9n9voy wrote

Something can be morally a crime without being legally a crime. I shouldn't have to explain this to you.

"Things are shitty but marginally less shitty than they were a while ago" is such a low fucking bar and you should not settle for it.

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