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Inflation erased U.S. income gains last year

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177 points JumpCrisscross | 2 comments | 09 Sep 25 19:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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PieTime ◴[10 Sep 25 00:23 UTC] No.45191474[source]▶
When I see sub 40 percent approval rate for both parties in congress… we’ve almost reached the moment where a majority of people believe both democrats and republicans have a negative view yet the 3rd parties will remain elusive due to gerrymandering districts.
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vcryan ◴[10 Sep 25 00:40 UTC] No.45191617[source]▶
Yes, I have absolute disdain for both parties.
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1. cameldrv ◴[10 Sep 25 06:38 UTC] No.45194080[source]▶
This is because very few people have even an extremely rough understanding of the difficulties our nation (and world) are facing. This is an very difficult situation for a democracy. When people are confused about important matters, the most reassuring thing is to be told that there is a fairly simple and understandable solution, and that they should just let the adults get in there and solve it. People will always vote for people who say these things. The reality is that we've gotten ourselves into knots upon knots upon knots.
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2. hkpack ◴[10 Sep 25 12:09 UTC] No.45196494[source]▶
I don't know why downvotes but that statement is true.

Population is confused on what the actual problems are vote for politicians solving wrong problems making things worse.