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“There are a handful of super rich people “ “There are a lot of people struggling to get by” Now let’s all get angry. Maybe we can skip these types of storie

“There are a handful of super rich people “ “There are a lot of people struggling to get by” Now let’s all get angry. Maybe we can skip these types of stories and go straight to causation. Why is America becoming unaffordable. Housing, education, and healthcare seem to always outpace inflation, for example.

DaveZale 1y ago
Well, try looking at the contents of shopping carts at the checkout lanes of your supermarket. A lot of folks in the bottom half buy a lot of pricey sugary drinks and ultraprocessed microwaveable frozen stuff. So they get hit in their wallets, their waistlines, even their teeth take a hit. Just saying: if they wanted to make better choices, they could. Starting with food choices. Maybe they don't know where to start.
- fuzzfactor 1y ago
  Not my downvote, but Isn't the junk food situation exacerbated because the money paid for it directly and through poorer health goes to the 1% more so than it ever did?
  - DaveZale 1y ago
    I don't care about votes. Sure, private equity in the health (actually disease) care system gets fattened and who pays? Medicaid, medicare... prevention is not profitable to the 1% ? sure
- w0de0 1y ago
  You’re absolutely right. Poor frugality is why we should be ok with “22% of seniors trying to survive on an income of less than $15,000 a year.” They’ve only themselves to blame. It’s their own moral failing, not society’s, really. All that is is for the best. If there is a volcano at Lisbon it cannot be elsewhere. It is impossible that things should be other than they are; for everything is right.
  - DaveZale 1y ago
    Make America Healthy Again could be simpler than we think. I would not call it a moral failing though. Just a susceptibilty for flashy packaging, supermarket product placement, even extremely effective prime time and targeted online advertisements. Okay, go ahead, shoot the messenger, downvote me, facebooky zero attention span types.

DaveZale 1y ago

Well, try looking at the contents of shopping carts at the checkout lanes of your supermarket. A lot of folks in the bottom half buy a lot of pricey sugary drinks and ultraprocessed microwaveable frozen stuff. So they get hit in their wallets, their waistlines, even their teeth take a hit. Just saying: if they wanted to make better choices, they could. Starting with food choices. Maybe they don't know where to start.

fuzzfactor 1y ago
Not my downvote, but Isn't the junk food situation exacerbated because the money paid for it directly and through poorer health goes to the 1% more so than it ever did?
- DaveZale 1y ago
  I don't care about votes. Sure, private equity in the health (actually disease) care system gets fattened and who pays? Medicaid, medicare... prevention is not profitable to the 1% ? sure
w0de0 1y ago
You’re absolutely right. Poor frugality is why we should be ok with “22% of seniors trying to survive on an income of less than $15,000 a year.” They’ve only themselves to blame. It’s their own moral failing, not society’s, really. All that is is for the best. If there is a volcano at Lisbon it cannot be elsewhere. It is impossible that things should be other than they are; for everything is right.
- DaveZale 1y ago
  Make America Healthy Again could be simpler than we think. I would not call it a moral failing though. Just a susceptibilty for flashy packaging, supermarket product placement, even extremely effective prime time and targeted online advertisements. Okay, go ahead, shoot the messenger, downvote me, facebooky zero attention span types.