Agreed, there's a difference between discretionary spending on things (eg. pre-pandemic with full employment) vs spending roughly the same amount now, but merely on necessities.
Of course the power elites think that's just fine. Us little people don't deserve nice things. Just toil away and be thankful.
21 posted on 11/29/2021 2:07:31 PM PST by ThunderSleeps
(Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)