What's causing the gap between voters' perceptions of how the economy is doing and reality? It might be the content they're consuming online.
Today on TAP: Americans’ economic views are at odds with Americans’ economic behavior. So, whence those views?
No, rent is out of control and thus everything else is as a result.
Maybe it's that literally everything costs at least 25% more than it did 4 years ago? I'm online a lot, but it's not my imagination that prices for basic goods have skyrocketed.
I love the smell of fresh ratio ‘round midnight
My perception is that my family are all working our asses off & we just lost our SNAP benefits amd health coverage, so we're worse off now than we were a month ago. Reality doesn't pay for my groceries or rent.
Shoot, I forgot I was spending monopoly money on groceries and rent
Just here for the ratio <guysettlingbackwithpopcorn.gif>
I have to choose between rent and food
Nope, housing costs way too fucking much! I'm a full tirm supervisor for an IT company and my ass lives paycheck to paycheck! Fuck you!