Well, sounds like you either need to get a better paying job or spend less money. I don’t mean to be flippant, but there have always been people who struggle, in any economy. The difference is, it used to be that struggling meant living in a shack or on the street, scrounging just to get enough to eat. Now, “struggling” means not being able to save for retirement, or having a high credit card balance. Big difference. The economy IS getting better.
The economy is slowing down.
Sounds easy, yeah, a piece of cake. My wife and I pull in almost 100k a year, we have 3 kids in school. Ok, I’ll just
jump to another job and make more money. I’m only buying the basics, plus selling crap on e-bay to help offset the extra gas money. One of my kids is Autistic and has meds each month. Walk a mile in my shoes bro.. don’t judge me.