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appalachiablue

(42,892 posts)
4. Amen to that, I cant believe how much this country has regressed
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 01:49 PM
14 hrs ago

since Raygun, and the vast increase in poverty, homelessness, drug addiction, illness and unending stress.

The US min wage is $7.25 since 2009, 14 years - while Canada's is around $17.50.

Since 1980, the US middle class has shrunk from about 66% to 42%, all by design.

Britain is also in terrible shape after Thatchernomics since 1979 and 4 recent consecutive conservative governments.

'Free Market' economics/neoliberalism has been a boon for the top, and a 50 year nightmare for the majority of working people. Even so the struggle to improve life for the working class has to continue. Thanks for posting.

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