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BluCurry8 t1_iunusi9 wrote

Reply to comment by Sweaty-Foot7952 in Hi! I'm Bruce Siwy, an investigative journalist for the USA TODAY Network's Pennsylvania state capital bureau. AMA! by usatoday

Sorry sweaty but the economy is always an issue in every election. There is always high prices and guess what they never go down, at least in my lifetime. So to worry about high cost of living without looking at lifestyle choices is not going to be solved by any politician, in fact it can and has been made worse by so many. The last tax cut was put on a credit card. At some point we will need to raise taxes or cut spending. The republicans want to cut Medicare and Social Security both funded by our payroll taxes rather than reducing write offs and making the wealthy pay more by raising the capital gains to be commensurate to earned income.

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Sweaty-Foot7952 t1_iuofjd1 wrote

There has been a big change in peoples pocketbooks. When there aren’t volatile swings in economic circumstances, people have the luxury to focus on other things. When someone’s looking at retiring and they’ve lost 20% of their money or they have lost jobs due to extensive lockdowns or can no longer afford the same food and gas as they did a year ago because Inflation is the highest it’s been in 40 years, we are talking about major changes in lifestyle for a lot of people. I can say that in my 62 years of life, my economic circumstances have never done such a 180 as they have in the last year. Perhaps you did not experience a dramatic change in lifestyle in the last 2 years. And in ALL previous election cycles, I didn’t either.

You think people are really worried about abortion, trans rights and January 6 but the reality is when you can’t make ends meet, those things just aren’t as important

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BluCurry8 t1_iuola2b wrote

So you completely ignored the fact that is the battle cry of every election. So voting for your short term circumstances is what puts you in the same position every two years. costs always go up. If you plan your life around gas well you have made your own bed. Corporations are making record profits during this period of inflation and we have record low unemployment. Seeing as the US inflation is lower than any other first world country we are doing pretty good. So keep on crying the sky is falling because of the price of gas. The better answer is don’t live your life pay check to pay check and if you are living your life pay check to pay check take a good look at how you spend your money and start cutting, because you clearly cannot afford your lifestyle. The cost of living always go up. If you thought that you would never have to pay more for things in a time of challenges you were living in a fairy tale to start.

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