• solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago

    need to reevaluate

    there will never be an administration that would sign off on adjusting the measurements such that millions of people would suddenly be categorized in a lower class than they are. that would make the people calling the shots look bad

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      5 months ago

      Then you reclassify it day one and make a point of doing it retroactively, showing how the previous (Republican) administrations are to blame

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      5 months ago

      Perhaps, but they could minimize the damage from that if it was paired with a comprehensive plan to improve living standards that people actually believed would get passed, and following through on that. Meanwhile, the longer they go on denying the reality voters are experiencing daily, the more they undermine their credibility. At best, they come across as out of touch or incompetent, at worst as outright malicious.

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        5 months ago

        Nah it’s way easier to point the finger at minority groups and claim they are the cause of all our troubles. It’s been working great for years, why would the ruling class stop now?