Tuxicoman  

We need to stop measuring "the economy" by how well rich people are doing

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Jordan 🇺🇸  
@tuxicoman how else would you measure it?
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Tuxicoman  

@jordan how many people living badly do you have.

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Jordan 🇺🇸  
@tuxicoman I do think they are tied together but they can be affected by different things. A handful of very rich people can help keep a economy moving.
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Tuxicoman  

@jordan

It all depend what you call a good economy.
If it's the US printing dollars to give to big companies so that they can convince people to dedicate their lifetime to work for them. Then for sure you have a good flow.

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Tuxicoman  

@jordan rich can drive an economy. As a monarch can be efficient too.

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Jordan 🇺🇸  
@tuxicoman I know it’s saddening to see people in those situations. Sometimes it was their choices that lead them there, sometimes it was something out of their control. It’s easy to be angry at a system that allows this and to blame something, but the very system we have provide money from taxes for the welfare system that is supposed to help open doors for them to make their way back to stability. While it can’t help everyone it does help many. That shouldn’t be overlooked. Our willingness to work, pay taxes, etc to the system we want to blame is the very system helping those that need the help. Sadly though, “the poor will be with you always”. Though there is rewards at the end for the poor that no other will inherit.
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@jordan
You are right of course, for some this is the result of their own actions and they have to hit rock bottom to start getting their shit together and returning to stability, there are even those who are outright parasites to the society despite not really being wealthy, but I thinks such cases are pretty rare compared to the number of people who go into poverty due to shortcomings of the economic system. Inequality is actually a pretty important metric IMO.

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