susanasj

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by susanasj 4y ago
yes this this a good point, and also a useful chart for contexualizing this move.
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by susanasj 4y ago
yes definitely agree.
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by susanasj 4y ago
yes I don't think it's the case that inflation doesn't hurt the lower half of earners at all, but this entire post is filled with people assuming that inflation hurts poor people the most. I don't know where that assump
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by susanasj 4y ago
remarkable how many people in this thread are assuming the bottom of the income distribution is hurt the most by inflation. Think about who has debt (mortgage, student, medical expenses, car payments) and who that debt is owed to (banks, c
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by susanasj 4y ago
I don't see why people think inflation hits the bottom of the wealth distribution the most. If you own your home but make the minimum payments, inflation is good. Your payments stay the same but the dollars are worth less, and hopefu
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by susanasj 4y ago
I don't think it's that simple. Lower middle class and poor people have debt, and inflation is good for making debt less valuable in real dollars. Pensioners, maybe, but social security is indexed to inflation if I'm not mi
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by susanasj 4y ago
same. almost complete lack of thunderstorms on the west coast kinda bummed me out when I lived there. spring/summer storms in the south rock
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by susanasj 4y ago
understandable, I didn't realize it had this many cosponsors and I live in NY.
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by susanasj 4y ago
it appears that this bill does not actually deal with the funding mechanisms for single payer, which will undoubtedly be contentious. From the Campaign for New York Health: > this legislation can be passed outside of the budget as a sta
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by susanasj 4y ago
maybe I'm misunderstanding but I see at least 4-5 cosponsors that are members of the health committee? not saying I think this will come to pass necessarily but there's like 30 cosponsors listed and the NY State Senate is 63 membe