> Yes this is true, but the poorest people are better off and there are fewer of them than there have been historically Better off than when? A decade ago? Two

> Yes this is true, but the poorest people are better off and there are fewer of them than there have been historically Better off than when? A decade ago? Two, three, or four decades ago? Poverty wages have stagnated for almost half of a century. Cost of living has gone up, inflation has gone up and the ability to afford healthcare has left with them. Bankruptcy rates in states that didn't expand Medicaid are soaring. I was raised on a low income and it was tough, then. Looking back on people who are still living where I came from, they are struggling. They're working multiple jobs, whereas one was enough to live on 20 years ago. Truthfully, I don't know how they're making ends meet without being in a ton of debt and I don't know who would continue to lend to them in that situation. Constant housing, health and income insecurity is soul crushing and I find it strange that it's so easily dismissed.