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[–] [email protected] 111 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I'm making way more money than I ever have in my life and I can barely save anything lol

[–] swiffswaffplop 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dude. Same. I finally started making a 6 figure salary, and I feel just as broke as I did before. It sucks.

[–] Reverendender 15 points 1 year ago

25% raise a year ago. The most I have ever made in my life. I used coinstar to buy groceries last week.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Probably because you live in a major city and don't own your place of residence.

Who'da thunk that rent scales with income? You get paid more, they charge more. Almost like we're just funneling money to people who don't do actual work, lol.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nailed it. I’m doing better than I ever have, and I think I should dump more into my 401k! Nope. Groceries feel like they’ve almost doubled in cost. Fucking unbundling of so much , data, or travel costs an arm and a leg in additional fees. Simple repairs to my car or parts for a mower are crazy expensive. As soon as I feel like I’ve gotten ahead, they jack up the prices to eat up my gains.

[–] what_is_a_name 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is the cost of living crisis that crazy?

I left the US in 2017 tired of a decade of stagnant wages.

Of course in 2018 the wages started spiking. But is all of it eaten by cost of living increases?

[–] Jerkface 37 points 1 year ago

Yes. A congressional report found that nearly 50% of inflation went straight into corporate coffers. Record profits across the board. They turned the dial up until our wage gains were all gone.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

As soon as I feel like I’ve gotten ahead, they jack up the prices to eat up my gains.

Yep. Inflation is a tool for the ruling class to recoup any gains the working class has made, with interest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I remember getting my oil changed was about $20 not too long ago. Now it's $100 easy

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Switched jobs, got a 50% raise. Can't afford food till second pay of next month. Going to wipe out my canned food collection.

[–] paddirn 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m making more than I think anyone else has ever made in my family’s history before and I feel like I’m headed for collapse.

The wheels on the bus are about to come off, about to come off, about to come off. The wheels on the bus are about to come off all through the town.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

the bus went over the cliff a while back. left and right are arguing if the wheels are going round and round and we've jumped right past the guard rails and are sailing into oblivion.

[–] TheWoozy 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm 31 my dude, been adulting for a while.

It's worse now

[–] JoJoGAH 5 points 1 year ago

Same here , the other day I thought to myself "how the fuck did I get poor again??!!" Two years ago I was feeling pretty proud! I'm deep in the letter writing currently, one I'll give to my employer.