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Yeah, if you're a high earner living the urban/suburban life you've probably done really well. The problem is that rural turnout was off the charts last night,
by enraged_camel 2y ago
Yeah, if you're a high earner living the urban/suburban life you've probably done really well. The problem is that rural turnout was off the charts last night, which what handed Trump the popular vote - something that has not happened with a Republican candidate since 2004.
- jghn 2y agoI agree. But GP said that everybody was feeling pain. That's not true.
- nsxwolf 2y agoAbsolutely not. Inflation hit us very hard and we had to make real lifestyle changes to get back in the black.
- endemic 2y agoI'd love to know the details.
- bcrosby95 2y agoWe got hit too. We adjusted mostly in our eating habits. Moved to zero eating out, more bulk buying, cheaper foods, etc. We're also much more discriminating on what activities we do for the kids. I'm not gonna go all "woe is me" since we're doing fine, but as someone with a family of 5 the discretionary income basically went to zero the last 4 years.
- nsxwolf 2y agoYes, I was going to come back to say basically all of this. We noticed that not only were we no longer saving money, but we weren't even living paycheck to paycheck and had to make all these sorts of changes and cuts to get off a very bad trajectory.