• the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    Even this statistic has it’s numbers massaged by choosing such a low dollar amount. I mean sure whatever, 1000 bucks ain’t nothing but that isn’t what I’m saying.

    I bet if you put it to say, 10k instead (which isn’t even a large hospital expenditure in the US), that percentage would be ~99%.

    These damn articles can’t even speak truth without stuffing the reader with gaslighting ass lines like this gem.

    It’s quite remarkable in the current environment that even with low unemployment and a job market that has been both robust and resilient in recent years, that we still have this remarkably low percentage of Americans who could pay this emergency expense,” he adds.

    Hey, fuck you Hamrick!