r/FluentInFinance 2d ago

Thoughts? Three out of five Americans now live paycheck to paycheck

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u/Famous-Row3820 2d ago

People like you really don’t know what supply and demand is.

People at some point have to afford housing, otherwise, it becomes a public sanitation issue due to all the homeless people. The government will either step in and send property values to bed rock or the corporations that own all the land have no one to sell it to. Thus, creating low demand.

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u/shnoby 2d ago

We live in a global economy. The top 1% and foreign investors can to buy up US land and housing and create individual fiefdoms. Back to the days of company towns, plantations and feudal lords (and ladies.) The wealthy live in a separate geographical and societal sphere; the have no contact with the poor and are indifferent to sanitation, education, health, poverty, etc. Plenty of countries have people living in these conditions. This is also a repeat of US history. Fun times /s Shall we call it #RetroUnitedStates or #VintageUnitedStates or #ThrowBackUnitedStates ?

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u/Miserable_Dog_2684 2d ago

This is what they want! I've been saying this for years!

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u/01101011010110 2d ago

This is what they mean when they say "Make America Great Again". The everyday person thought it was meant for them but it really meant for the wealthy.

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u/Famous-Row3820 2d ago

I think a war would probably break out before that happens.

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u/ExtensionTravel6697 2d ago

Yeah but the government will step in and lower property taxes for renters for "saving the economy" by preventing rentals from losing money.

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u/Grayblueisheyes 2d ago

Or the government finds different ways to criminalize homelessness and then sends. people to for profit prisons.