Started applying today to put my feelers out there to see if anyone even responds. Like the best I can find is $18 an hour factory work. This was the same kind of work that existed during covid, nothings changed! It's still shit!!
I'm pretty sure the inflation numbers are bullshit. They keep them intentionally low. But these bs numbers are how people calculate "livable" wages, salary increases, etc. And the divergence between actual and reported inflation has been ongoing for decades.