I don’t know about others but for me it’s my new found poverty.
It’s taking all the fun out of our thriving economy.
Your post was the perfect blend of “sad truth” and “sublime wit.”
It ranks a 10.0 on the sardonic scale. Just brilliant.
On a serious note, I’m sorry things are not going well. Praying things turn around for you.
Gov spending was 20% of GDP pre covid now 25
That leaves a lot less for the rest of us. Plus gov spending this high with crazy regulations makes growth impossible. I don’t care what the gov numbers show
It is not a “thriving economy”, it is a very spotty and uncertain economy, with all the earmarks of studious application of “crony capitalism”, winners and losers chosen for the furtherance and benefit of the power structure at the expense of the wider range of wage earners subject to its reach. Price inflation is accelerating more rapidly than wage increases, and the squeeze shows no signs of abating.
It all boils down to creation of artificial scarcity and resulting higher prices, particularly in the field of energy extraction and generation. Stopping the exploration for new hydrocarbon fuels, and taxing its use heavily, by actual tax burden and by irrelevant regulation, lead only to escalating prices, which cascade through all the products and services so necessary to a prosperous economy.
Drill, baby, drill. And shut down nearly every regulation adopted since January 20, 2021.
Right there with you. Not too long ago, I was ‘ahead’ every month. I could buy a friend lunch, gas up my truck, and do my grocery shopping without that sinking feeling that I’ve fallen significantly behind, financially, over a very, very short period of time. And the future looks like more of the same.