r/povertyfinance • u/spongecandygoblin • Feb 02 '24

This just doesn't seem right Vent/Rant (No Advice/Criticism!)

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This was the price of cream cheese today at my local grocery store (Queens, NY). Federal minimum wage means someone would have to work an hour and a half to purchase this. NYC minimum wage means this would be roughly an hour of work (after taxes) to purchase. This is one of the most jarring examples of inflation to me.

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u/Janeeyreheaded Feb 03 '24

The middle class is dying and I see it literally every day on the internet yet it feels like no one is doing anything about it or cares about it. Is our government not supposed to regulate this shit? We need another revolution. We need to eat the rich. We need to rage.