I earn nothing. And pretty much next to nothing for a long time. If it wasn’t for family and then friends, I don’t know.
That’s why I know about the job situation first-hand. I’m sure there are many, even right here on FR that know how bad things are.
And especially since 2008, some portion of it is built on trillions of dollars of debt placed on the American people.
I live in NJ; it is absolutely horrible here. “For Sale” signs everywhere, companies leaving/laying off...There won’t be any recovery here for a very long time. They are trafficking Third Worlders here to keep the stores and schools open, but there is no money for any kind of maintenance of anything.
Our local flea market has people selling groceries (and just about everything else) next to a mall that was completed years ago but never opened...