return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 days agoMost Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis findswww.cbsnews.comvideomessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarejimbel@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoThat is why I asked. But still, they write “out of reach” so I it means 60% of people are well beneath minimal life qualitiy. I wonder what minimal life quality actually means tough.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThe linked report is super clear https://lisep.org/mql They split up the necessities of life into 8 buckets, then calculated how much money you need to spend on them per year. But the actual meat of the report is geared toward the moving trend for items, poingint out that food, rent, choldcare and medical are becoming more expensive at a rate that’s quickly surpassing wages.
That is why I asked.
But still, they write “out of reach” so I it means 60% of people are well beneath minimal life qualitiy. I wonder what minimal life quality actually means tough.
The linked report is super clear https://lisep.org/mql
They split up the necessities of life into 8 buckets, then calculated how much money you need to spend on them per year.
But the actual meat of the report is geared toward the moving trend for items,
poingint out that food, rent, choldcare and medical are becoming more expensive at a rate that’s quickly surpassing wages.