WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that a "soft landing" in the U.S. economy was now underway and a sustained period of low inflation and rising wages was needed for Americans "to feel good about their future...
We did it, everyone!! The negative effects and burden of a difficult economy was successfully borne by the lower middle class and middle class, while the wealthy generally walked away wealthier, thereby encouraging further wealth inequality despite difficult economic conditions!
Whew, that was close! We really had to thread the needle there. It even started mildly affecting the top 10% for a second!
Why, a wealthy man I work for (I wipe and powder his ass for him every time he takes a shit. It’s minimum wage, but it’s a job!) said he considered not buying a fifth property for a few months. Imagine how terrible that would have been for the economy!