SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoPeople who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be poor and how close middle class is to being below the povertymessage-squaremessage-square180fedilinkarrow-up1813arrow-down132
arrow-up1781arrow-down1message-squarePeople who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be poor and how close middle class is to being below the povertySatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square180fedilink
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoRight, but someone living comfortably on the interest of £1m, are we really calling them part of the wealthy class, but not someone who works for a 6 figure salary and has more wealth than the first guy while living in more luxury?
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoit’s relative to where you live. where i live people make 300K a year and feel impoverished. if you go three hours away, making 30K a year is a total good salary.
Right, but someone living comfortably on the interest of £1m, are we really calling them part of the wealthy class, but not someone who works for a 6 figure salary and has more wealth than the first guy while living in more luxury?
it’s relative to where you live.
where i live people make 300K a year and feel impoverished. if you go three hours away, making 30K a year is a total good salary.