More so that the "I need to drop prices by 5%" entails either nominal wage reduction which people absolutely go nuts about, or lay offs. That is the cyclical part, as people get laid off they buy less, creating less demand, creating more layoffs
Think you are underestimating how badly all Trump's rat fucking has burned rural communities. They are still tribal and hate Dems but the tariffs and health care changes have done real damage in a short time.
I'd argue that city water is contentious among economists because a lot of times it is subsidized like crazy and the effects of those subsidies are that large water users like golf courses are beneficiaries of property taxes paid by residents.
Median is not the same as average and wages are not the same as earnings. Also I didn't lie about anything, you acted like the BLS didn't know about bread. But yeah that chart is much closer to trying to prove your point. And your chart also relies on CPI as its basis.
Those are CPI adjusted, they account for what is believed to be a representative basket of spending for the American consumer. If you have critique of the makeup of that basket, actually make that argument instead of this ignorant flailing.
Don't forget that when the Democratic party has conservative members saying dumb shit, that is evidence of a plot to suppress the left. When the DSA has idiot campists doing the same, that is just democracy baby.
Not really in the US other than voicing stern disapproval. Go look at William Forges who just tried to run as a Dem in the Nebraska Senate primary. You think he would have been on the ballot if what you wrote was the case?
I didn't think most people would evaluate their hobbies in RoI terms. And even then for people who are otherwise financially stable $200 a year is a rounding error with three kids