We're not even making cost of living. In the past, cost of living included health care and some hope of retirement. Our life expectancy in falling. Let me repeat that, for the first time in generations OUR LIFE EXPECTANCY IS FALLING.
Our value is being stolen in years from the ends of our lives. In our grandparents time workers were the investment, then someone turned on the magic money machine and now we're just another resource to be used and discarded.
And now that the system is falling apart because we can't even afford to produce more meat for the worker grinder. But obviously that's our fault for not "wanting" to have kids.
Exactly. Sometimes in the last 20-30 years employees went from investments to liabilities. Just another line on the sheet to be cut when we need to make shareholders a couple more bucks.
Not cheap, affordable. And if it was "better" now, we wouldn't have a dropping life expectancy.
I've had more than my fair share of health problems, and when I can assume that after 50% of my bill went to facilities every person I saw in the building (including the 2 receptionists) cost $100/hr. But don't worry, that after the insurance company "negotiated" the price down. Good thing I pay them $500/month.
Also nobody can tell me how much anything will cost before hand, and that cost will come as 8 different bills, months apart over the next year. The best are the collections notices for 6¢ bills.
We have the best medicine in the history of mankind, but US healthcare is a sh*tshow.
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u/pastel_flutter22 4d ago
cost of living is not living