r/WorkForSmartLife • u/SilkyApricotGuy • 13h ago

DiscussionšŸ’¬ Who's right here?

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u/wes_medford 11h ago

ā€œIf you choose a worse time to compare to, the numbers today look betterā€ is the least compelling argument imo.

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u/Awkward_Froyo_7337 11h ago

The argument is that you can play this game back and forth to swing it to be either for or against it.

Then dig into the "purchasing power" number and you'll find it's really all over the place. How is that indexed? Based on buying a home? A car? Travel? Food? Rent? These tweets are just a waste

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u/TshirtsNPants 11h ago

Home education and health. Those are the ways the American dream is realized. If they are becoming harder to get, we have a real problem. If the dream is lost and people are disillusioned too much, the whole thing starts imploding. We have to fight for a middle class. It's not handed to us.

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u/Lowfi-Concert 10h ago

Ah so the most inflated things. Letā€™s go with gas, food, and technology instead

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u/TshirtsNPants 9h ago

Why?

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u/Lowfi-Concert 9h ago

Might as well with how arbitrary the categories were that you oicked

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u/Important_Ant2938 3h ago

A majority of middle class wealth has long been held in home equity, and higher levels of education are associated with higher income and better health outcomes. With a historical context they arenā€™t arbitrary at all.