Americans have now spent all $2.1 trillion of their pandemic savings, San Francisco Fed says (fortune.com)

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[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago

Yeah, we blew it all on silly shit like ratcheted up rent and groceries. So silly..

[-] Deello@lemm.ee 21 points 4 months ago

Look at Mr Responsible over here buying up necessities with the $1,800 we got 4 years ago.

[-] Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Should probably buy toilet paper now before the next pandemic spike

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

careful. The mere mention of toilet paper shortage makes everyone go out and panic buy.

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 9 points 4 months ago

Meanwhile
Billionaires’ wealth has risen more since COVID-19 began than it has in the last 14 years. At $5 trillion dollars, this is the biggest surge in billionaire wealth since records began

[-] alphanerd4@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

That was the fucking point of all this, right ? Like ‘how dare the poors slip through some material change in conditions through gov power’. ‘We’ll show them’ and then they did all of this

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