Does it strike anyone as odd that while everything keeps getting more expensive, while our wages stagnate, and our public services are cut back, the investing class somehow keep making more money?
It goes to show, ‘The Economy’ is becoming more and more detached from the average person’s life experience.
Yeah, it’s probably good news for pension funds, as long as there isn’t another crash just before you’re due to retire, but the investment, banking, and energy sectors are raking in huge profits, while the average person’s wages are basically stagnating at best.
It’s becoming more like the USA, where they can say unemployment is at a record low, but the number of people working multiple jobs and/or in poverty seems to be growing…
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Does it strike anyone as odd that while everything keeps getting more expensive, while our wages stagnate, and our public services are cut back, the investing class somehow keep making more money?
It goes to show, ‘The Economy’ is becoming more and more detached from the average person’s life experience.
Yeah, it’s probably good news for pension funds, as long as there isn’t another crash just before you’re due to retire, but the investment, banking, and energy sectors are raking in huge profits, while the average person’s wages are basically stagnating at best.
It’s becoming more like the USA, where they can say unemployment is at a record low, but the number of people working multiple jobs and/or in poverty seems to be growing…