U.S. drops from top 20 happiest countries list in 2024 World Happiness Report for the first time

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U.S. drops from top 20 happiest countries list in 2024 World Happiness Report
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That's not true, wages have outpaced inflation. So for most people, their costs have been covered by higher wages.

Sounds nice on paper but that's not reality for a significant number of people still scraping by paycheck to paycheck, many with college degrees and years of experience, one shitty day away from being homeless.

This was just as true four years ago, and it was true twenty years ago. I'm talking about the improvements under Biden:

https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/the-purchasing-power-of-american-households

I refer you to my previous comment.

Which previous comment

I refer you to my previous comment.

Which one