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The economy is shrinking, yet everyone I know is making more money than ever.

I recently saw a girl I knew from high school, an idiot, and she has spent the last two years taking contracts as a travel nurse. I was curious and asked how much money she made doing that and she told me she cleared $300,000 in 2021. She just bought a house and took a new travel nurse contract starting next week.

It’s the same story everywhere. People getting 25, 30, 35% raises unprompted. My cousin is a freight broker, he said their starting salary has moved from $55,000 to $85,000 because they can’t keep workers and he made so much in commission last year that he’s buying a house in the city. My young cousin dropped out of college because he made so much in crypto

Everyone is rich now, this isn’t demoralization, this is literally what I’ve seen and experienced. There is a sign at the local Walgreens saying they are looking to hire a pharmacist with a $50,000 signing bonus because they can’t get help anymore. Inflation seems to be a total non issue, everyone is spending tens thousands of dollars as if it’s nothing.

What the fuck is happening out there?

>> No.50825698

>>50825666
Shitskin economy, i.e. cheap workforce. It will all come crashing down sooner or later.

>> No.50825725

>>50825666
>everyone i know is making more money than ever
you left out the part where everything costs more than ever. i got a 30% raise by job hopping. my rent also went up 30%. my groceries went up like 50%. my electric bill is also up about 50%.

>> No.50825813

>>50825725
Anons like that don’t look at bigger picture

>> No.50825826

monetary crisis
dollar ponzi is running on fumes

>> No.50825840

>>50825813
also he's wrong about the raises being unprompted. everyone is job hopping for these raises.

>> No.50826598

Of course people are getting massive pay hikes. It's not worth getting out of bed in the morning for less than $30 an hour anymore, because everything's like 20%+ more expensive than it was just a few months ago.

>> No.50827835

>>50825666
i see the same thing and i dont understand it at all. i have friends who havent had a job in years and have a car, apartment, food, cell phone, have fun all day. i dont understand.

>> No.50828063

>>50825666
That's how inflation works, bigger numbers that are worth less

>> No.50828139

>>50825666
>The economy is shrinking, yet everyone I know is making more money than ever.
Google the great depression and the decade before it.

>> No.50829554

>>50825666
>she told me she cleared $300,000 in 2021.
And how much did she actually earn faggot? There’s no way she’s in the top 1% income percentile.

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>>50825666
When hyper-inflation first began kicking off in Weimar Germany, people were ecstatic. Everyone was getting so rich and selling their homes for quadruple the value they paid, even the furniture. People celebrated it everywhere...within 5 years they started singing a very very different tune

Pic Related: this roller coaster is still heading up. Prepare accordingly