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Because 60 percent of Americans already don't generate enough income to meet their basic needs.

Americans are losing spending power, say researchers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44270120 - June 2025

Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of-living-income-quality-o...

https://lisep.org/mql




Sounds like a problem to be fixed, not a reality to feel hopelessly stuck in. Change is challenging in the current environment, to be sure, but that is all the more reason to find a way to take actions that will invoke change.


Not every problem is fixed peacefully. Remember the French in 1789.




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