Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoWhy is the Secretary of Transportation Begging Americans to Take More Road Trips?usa.streetsblog.orgexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWhy is the Secretary of Transportation Begging Americans to Take More Road Trips?usa.streetsblog.orgDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI think it’s the economic cratering rather than simple preferences at work here.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoPresumably people are chosing food over travel… 10% of Americans account for 50% of discretionary consumption. We are technically already in bifurcated economy. The poors living hand to mouth without possibly of gaining sufficient capital to escape their condition.
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoTechnically the elimination of the poor will improve equality
minus-squareShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoOr we could eliminate the billionaires to fix this issue.
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agothat would drastically reduce GDP though
I think it’s the economic cratering rather than simple preferences at work here.
Presumably people are chosing food over travel…
10% of Americans account for 50% of discretionary consumption. We are technically already in bifurcated economy.
The poors living hand to mouth without possibly of gaining sufficient capital to escape their condition.
Technically the elimination of the poor will improve equality
Or we could eliminate the billionaires to fix this issue.
that would drastically reduce GDP though