[SoftTalker]

When have people not worked to "make ends meet" unless you are independently wealthy this is just normal life. I don't know where we forgot that.

[rat9988]

While for most people ends won't meet without working, making the ends meet in this context has a bit more specific meaning you glossed over. The difference is subtle but makes the whole difference.

[temende]

Can you please explain the subtle difference in more detail? Do you mean something like people having to work multiple jobs to make ends meet?

[douglasisshiny]

I honestly cannot tell what the person to whom you're responding is saying. But if they suggesting people are working multiple jobs at a higher rate than the historical average, they would, in fact, be incorrect according to fed data: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12026620