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> If you turn off the news, the country is in general humming along just fine. Stock market is doing great. No new wars. Finally doing something to address majo
by conqueso 6y ago
> If you turn off the news, the country is in general humming along just fine. Stock market is doing great. No new wars. Finally doing something to address major trade imbalances with China.
The country is doing 'just fine' if you are a person who has expendable income to invest and job security (and health insurance) because you have the ability to work remotely. The unemployment rate is very high, and most of those laid off are not knowledge workers - which is correlated with lower pay. Those who can least afford it are losing the most jobs. The wealth gap, already at an all time high, is undoubtedly going to increase significantly.
Obviously the country is not at the point of collapse, but do you not think the problems I just listed are cause for serious concern?