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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Whenever I hear the economy is doing well I generally just think that they mean the stock market is doing well. The economy of the working class's standard of living, health, and persuit of happiness is awful.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That's such a naive bleeding heart take. If you look at the numbers, every American is making more than ever on average.

So problem solved, we're killing it. No need for a second metric or to think about the implications of that statement any further.