The richest 10% of Americans now account for 50% of the country’s consumer spending while the bottom 60% account for just 20%.

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml · 8 days ago

The richest 10% of Americans now account for 50% of the country’s consumer spending while the bottom 60% account for just 20%.

footfaults@lemmygrad.ml · 7 days ago

this makes me worry because this could easily be used as justification that we don’t “need” the bottom 60% of consumers to keep our consumption based economy functioning. We can just have the rich consume more.

Ciderman@lemmygrad.ml · 6 days ago

That’s what they think already.