The Salary Needed to Achieve the American Dream

[Independent thinker]

Thought this was interesting to post. For the most part, the worst cities of not being able to achieve the American Dream are all blue cities from blue states. Any who don't fit that criteria are blue cities in red states. And yet the left are always griping about wealth and income inequality and most all of that is in their very own backyards.

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[JohnDB]

Thought this was interesting to post. For the most part, the worst cities of not being able to achieve the American Dream are all blue cities from blue states. Any who don't fit that criteria are blue cities in red states. And yet the left are always griping about wealth and income inequality and most all of that is in their very own backyards.

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Amazing how they create the very problem they campaign upon.

Go Woke, go Broke.

Housing prices are high because of the housing needs of illegal aliens the Left allowed into the country.

Wages are low because of the surplus labor supplied by illegal immigrants.

And then....to top it off....
Inflation, caused by unrestricted Government spending, is destroying the salary you currently make....impoverishment those who are working with high tax dollars being handed out to NGOs and deadbeats for votes.


Funny how that works.

 

[BULLDOG]

Years ago the number a $5.00 If you could jut make $5.00 more per hour, you could pay all your bills and have some left over for enjoyment. I'm sure that number has gone up since then.

 

[Mr Natural]

Amazing how they create the very problem they campaign upon.

Go Woke, go Broke.

Housing prices are high because of the housing needs of illegal aliens the Left allowed into the country.

Wages are low because of the surplus labor supplied by illegal immigrants.

And then....to top it off....
Inflation, caused by unrestricted Government spending, is destroying the salary you currently make....impoverishment those who are working with high tax dollars being handed out to NGOs and deadbeats for votes.


Funny how that works.

It’s good to have the government to blame all your failures on.

 

[JohnDB]

It’s good to have the government to blame all your failures on.

Ummmm
It's not my failure.
I'm not one who looks to be rich or even richer than my peers.
I just want the SAME opportunities my parents and grandparents had by going to work and bringing home a paycheck.

Back when Henry Ford began building cars on an assembly line he paid his unskilled/low skilled workers $5/8hr day and people worked 6 days a week.

Today that same salary is equivalent to $200,000 year.

And Ford wanted to raise their pay $1/day because of profits. But a federal Judge said he couldn't....he needed to pay the investors a larger dividend even though their stock value had already returned 500-800% profit.

The game is rigged.
If you don't understand it....you are a slave.

 

[Independent thinker]

Years ago the number a $5.00 If you could jut make $5.00 more per hour, you could pay all your bills and have some left over for enjoyment. I'm sure that number has gone up since then.

Especially in blue cities and blue states who all control their own destinies. It is THEIR policies which promote income and wealth inequality.

 

[Independent thinker]

It’s good to have the government to blame all your failures on.

It's rather funny that in these higly blue states and cities who mostly control their own destinies with their own policies and laws, always seem to blame their higher costs of living and income and wealth inequality and homelsessness on the federal government and none on the state and local governments.

 

[JohnDB]

It's rather funny that in these higly blue states and cities who mostly control their own destinies with their own policies and laws, always seem to blame their higher costs of living and income and wealth inequality and homelsessness on the federal government and none on the state and local governments.

Now that I'm retired....
I've lived extended periods in over a dozen states....bordered dozens more. (I'm itinerant by nature)

The local government has EVERYTHING to do with your standard of living. The federal government has very very little. Unless you work for the federal Government directly and even then the local government still affects you more.

The variations are insane.

But you can tell when you live in a "problem state" because Walmart (by number of people) is the largest employer. The local school systems provides the highest paying jobs.
And housing costs are over 25% of your net salary.

There's the indicators.

 

[1srelluc]

Largest Employer by State 2025

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Back in 2019, Virginia Business put together a table with the state’s largest employers, including

• Mars Inc, a food manufacturer and distributor, with 100,000 employees
• Bechtel Corp., an engineering firm, with 55,000 employees
• Walmart, with 45,000 employees

The fed jobs almost eclipse them all combined.

As of March 2025, there are approximately 192,000 federal jobs in Virginia, which represents a 0.41% increase from the previous year

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Wages are low because of the surplus labor supplied by illegal immigrants.

And then....to top it off....



Funny how that works.

It Works for the People at the Top, Who Need to Be Toppled

The parasitic plutocracy is financing the anti-ICE riots. Don't be decoyed by the Dead Right's meme lords. It's not about votes and not about criminality.

 

[MarcATL]

How is Trump planning on improving this situation OP?