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The real American household poverty line isn’t $31,200, it’s around $140,000. (www.yesigiveafig.com)

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The threshold household income where a family can afford housing, healthcare, childcare, and transportation without relying on means-tested benefits is a lot higher than the official stats suggest.

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[–] SanctimoniousApe@piefed.social 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

I’m sure many of my left-leaning readers will say, “This is obvious, we have been talking about it for YEARS!” Yes, many of you have; but you were using language of emotion (“Pay a living wage!”) rather than showing the math. My bad for not paying closer attention; your bad for not showing your work or coming up with workable solutions. Let’s rectify it rather than cast blame.

Yeah, no. How convenient you wanna do that when there's no way to avoid the shit that has been given to the other side for-fucking-ever.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 17 points 1 month ago

but you were using language of emotion (“Pay a living wage!”) rather than showing the math.

There's a key bit of bullshit buried in this line that I'd like to call out. This calls back to some old fashioned conservative propaganda from decades past.

It's the idea that the left thinks with their heart while the right thinks with their brain. It implies that emotionally stunted greedy assholes are actually smart and admirable, while things like empathy and giving half a shit about the lives of people outside your circle are weak and foolish and "giving in to emotion."

But giving in to greed and anger are just following God's plan or some shit.

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