Better-off Americans benefit from poverty "because we like cheap goods. And if we’re invested in the stock market, we like high returns. And often those cheap goods and high returns come in the form of human sacrifice." —Matthew Desmond via @MotherJones https://t.co/JZmIPVKgsJ
— Michael Mechanic (@MichaelMechanic) July 10, 2023
Poverty bonus doesn’t go to the poor
Just change “often” to “always,” and he’d be accurate.