@wilding_gyres the trick is that unemployment statistics only count people "seeking work" and exclude people that have been out of work for a long time already
@idkmypronouns@DerpsClassicOG@bigsnugga The only way you could have an iPhone is if everyone can, it would be far easier to not give anyone one and just make you live by your coal mine
@RealRiddimHours "I don't know why people use an appliance that's been cheap since the 1950s instead of a weird contraption for the stove that does the same thing worse"
@MysterySolvents It's a dogwhistle in the truest sense, some people say homeless with a sneer so saying "unhoused" signals that you're up to date with The Cause and thus a good compassionate ally
@Taro_of_Agartha@RiderCharlatan Because it's not disposable income, every cent that isn't taken for some kind of unavoidable bill is eaten, they couldn't have a life outside of food if they wanted to because when they're done eating their account shows $0.00