Home ownership is at an all-time high, as are existing home sales. U.S. household wealth stands at a record $51 trillion.
Your ship may be sinking. The country seems to be doing better every year. If only you were paid for whining, your household wealth might increase as well.
The trade deficits prove that "the nation is marching along a permanently high plateau of prosperity."
Ummmnnnnhhhh...most homes are purchased on a cashflow basis--that is, if the Interest Rate is sufficiently low, people can "buy up."
Al Greenspan engineered the Great Home Inflation nicely, did he not?
And you swallow the KoolAde...