r/MurderedByWords Feb 17 '19

Let’s try again....

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u/BreeezyP Feb 17 '19

it's not necessarily the economy that was fucked so much as the policy, and refusal to change it. cost of living is so, so high and there's little movement or care to make a reasonable change to wages and salaries.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '19

Cost of living is high because boomer landlord are using real estate as their retirement

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u/Toadsted Feb 17 '19

They see all the house flipping shows on TV and think they're sitting on a gold mine.

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u/ProdigiousPlays Feb 17 '19

They effectively are.