Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoIn the US, higher interest rates are forcing people to cut backwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkIn the US, higher interest rates are forcing people to cut backwww.aljazeera.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareNo_Eponymlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYou were getting poorer before interest rates went up too, you just didn’t realise it because you could borrow from the future to finance now.
minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYay! Let’s celebrate. I’ll go get the bean for dinner.
minus-squareLoamImprovement@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoNot the whole damn bean, what do you think I am, made of beans or something?
You were getting poorer before interest rates went up too, you just didn’t realise it because you could borrow from the future to finance now.
It’s poverty all the way down.
Yay! Let’s celebrate. I’ll go get the bean for dinner.
Not the whole damn bean, what do you think I am, made of beans or something?