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I mean those charts don’t pass the sniff test. Being healthy (or sick for that matter!) was basically free, now it costs over a thousand dollars a month in insurance. A huge chunk of most people’s income.

Same with housing (and education): https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-american-income-vs-...

Is it fair to say that you're more interested in discussing wealth inequality than environmental policy?

Degrowth touches both subjects. Billionaires for instance are top polluters. Leveling resource distribution would prevent that.

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