GreyShuck to United KingdomEnglish · 10 months agoAverage UK person has lost out on £10,200 since 2010, thinktank sayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down10 cross-posted to: uk_politics
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkAverage UK person has lost out on £10,200 since 2010, thinktank sayswww.theguardian.comGreyShuck to United KingdomEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square13fedilink cross-posted to: uk_politics
minus-squareSbisasCostlyTurnoverlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·10 months agoThe average person gets poorer whilst the rich get richer. Sounds like it’s working as designed to be honest.
minus-squareLad@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThis is how it always has been no matter how anyone tries to spin it. All the talk of economic growth means nothing to people who are going hungry.
minus-squarejabjoelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoNot so, the gini coefficient hasn’t always been like now and isn’t always worsening everywhere. https://www.statista.com/statistics/872472/gini-index-of-the-united-kingdom/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/874070/gini-index-score-of-eu-countries/ It’s crappy government where inequality keeps getting worse.
The average person gets poorer whilst the rich get richer. Sounds like it’s working as designed to be honest.
This is how it always has been no matter how anyone tries to spin it. All the talk of economic growth means nothing to people who are going hungry.
Not so, the gini coefficient hasn’t always been like now and isn’t always worsening everywhere.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/872472/gini-index-of-the-united-kingdom/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/874070/gini-index-score-of-eu-countries/
It’s crappy government where inequality keeps getting worse.