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[-] rusticus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/04/20/how-the-american-middle-class-has-changed-in-the-past-five-decades/ You'll need to provide some sources for that. This data suggests that poverty levels haven't varied much in the last 50 years. Middle class has shrunk but this did not appear to impact poverty rates.

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

You can start with unemployment rates

[-] rusticus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Unemployment rates are not poverty rates. And those have been pretty stable since 1950. Less than 4% in 2018 and 2019 for example.

https://www.thebalancemoney.com/unemployment-rate-by-year-3305506

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