72% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck

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sickdsm brain poisined with glyphosate

most of the top wealthy inherited not earned their wealth

born rich die rich

born poor die poor

is AMERICA now and forever, The American Dream, aka upward eco/social mobility, is still alive in social democratic Western Europe

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I heard Wal-Marts in one major metro area told their employees that if they wanted health insurance they should just go on Medicaid.

dang... blast from 2010.

Hang on for the Trump Depression.

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Why Americans Are Dying from Despair


The unfairness of our economy, two economists argue, can be measured not only in dollars but in deaths.

One reality in particular will surely fester. Because

economic policy is inseparable from health-care policy,

the unfairness of the health system is inseparable from the unfairness of the economy—

an unfairness measured not only in dollars but in deaths.

The blighted prospects of the less educated are a public-health crisis, and,

as the number of victims mounts, it will be harder to ignore.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/why-americans-are-dying-from-despair?utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&%E2%80%A6

I guarantee there will be stories about seriously ill covid-19 victims who incurred many $10Ks, with insufficient insurance, who were bankrupted by medical bills. The Fed and Mnuchin will effectively tell them GFY