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They widened the definition of middle class in order to mask the amount of actual poor people. I like This video of how people actually use their money. Supposedly 20% of people make 25k a year ๐ฑ
"The upper class: keeps all of the money, pays none of the taxes. The middle class: pays all of the taxes, does all of the work. The poor are there...just to scare the shit out of the middle class." -George Carlin'
50k is hardly a livable wage, let alone 25k. It's absurd that people can ever think a full time job shouldn't pay the bills
Sprinkle in a little credit card debt and 2k rent and good luck. You'd think the 1% would be trying to change something before the guillotines come out
Heads too far up their own asses to see that there could be consequences because under the current system they built they don't face any.
We're seeing more political violence as things escalate, won't be too long before it spreads to representatives and the obscenely wealthy Is imagine.