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Fun fact: 63% of US workers can't afford a $500 expense
(lemmy.today)
SOURCES:
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/15/biden-economy-bidenomics-poll-republicans-democrats-independents
- https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-poverty-rate-jumped-2022-child-poverty-doubled/story?id=103130527
- https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/31/63percent-of-workers-are-unable-to-pay-a-500-emergency-expense-survey.html
Enjoy your strong economy, everybody!
Furthermore, establishing that the economy is strong is a necessary counterpoint to inevitable GOP talking points of "Of COURSE the rich can't pay you more; the economy, she is vewwy sick right now".
Society is busted - but Biden trying to get the messaging out ahead of the GOP isn't the sinister plot the OP seems to think it is.