Our Phantom Middle Class
What happens when America finally admits its middle class is a phantom of feel-good fantasy? We may well find out in the next four years…
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Inflation Is Back, Big-Time
Price increases have morphed from isolated to wide-spread, and it’s just a matter of time before people start to…
Continue readingGoodbye Middle Class? The Prime Victim of Big Government Is Disappearing
Individual Liberty and Big Government are mutually exclusive. With a Constitution that is ignored, the American middle class is disappearing…
Continue readingGoodbye Middle Class: Half Of All American Workers Made Less Than $34,248.45 Last Year
Once upon a time, a single income could easily support a middle class household in most cases, but those days are long gone. The cost of living has…
Continue readingWhy Martians Are Wrong About Gold And The Fundamental Truth Warren Buffett Jumped Over
Men act with purpose. They do not squander their time or resources on pointless pursuits…
Continue readingThe War on Landlords Has Begun
The idea of abolishing rent isn’t new, but it has never really been considered anything but a nutty pipe dream. Fortunately, Omar’s bill has a snowball’s chance in..
Continue readingThe Great Silver Crisis Is Coming ($50 Silver In 1980 Equals $600 Silver Today)
It’s a simple math problem. Inflation is much more extreme than most people think…
Continue readingThe Pandemic Gives Us Permission To Get What We Always Wanted
Dear Corporate America: Maybe you remember the old Johnny Paycheck tune? Let me refresh your memory: take this job and shove it…
Continue readingCan “Sickcare” Survive the Pandemic?
Like the rest of the financialization machine, sickcare was never sustainable…
Continue readingNot Even Paycheck To Paycheck: 1 In 3 American Workers Runs Out Of Money Before Payday
People can’t make ends meet in the “greatest economy ever”? Something is amiss here…
Continue readingECONOMIC WOES: 1 In 4 Renters Spending Over Half Their Income On Housing
Rents are becoming unaffordable for many Americans, even those in the middle class…
Continue readingMEGA-TSUNAMI Food Price Inflation To Strike Globe, Commodities INFLATION FIRES JUST LIT!
SD Friday Wrap: Winter is coming? Well now, winter will be the least of our worries because of what just happened, this very week…
Continue readingMany Already Getting Burned By Inflation, Nobody Escapes Unless…
Inflation is raging in these 3 areas, and we’re not even talking about college tuition, healthcare costs, or the outrageous examples at the high end…
Continue readingCalifornia Has The Nation’s Worst Poverty Rate (Again)
Leaving California’s the best chance to increase one’s real income and have a life that doesn’t involve working long hours to afford a fixer-upper?
Continue readingUnintended Costs Of A Trade War Are Far More Significant Than Most Realize
In 2020, the brunt of this trade war will be felt by those living in or close to poverty, American farmers, and anyone whose job depends on…
Continue readingPets Are Now As Unaffordable As College, Housing And Healthcare
Like so many other things that were once affordable, owning pets is increasingly pricey…
Continue readingThe MSM Says The Middle Class Isn’t Shrinking…But They Include Singles Making $26,000/Year!
If you ask the mainstream media, they will tell you that about half the country is still middle class…
Continue readingWhy Is The “Cost of Living” In Cities So High?
The higher “cost of living” was akin to people in San Francisco using a different currency, but is that the correct way to look at it?
Continue readingWHY So Many Homeless People? – The Ugly TRUTH Behind The Poverty
No matter where in the world you are, the problem is clearly getting worse…
Continue readingWhy Is What Was Once Affordable to Many Now Only Affordable To The Wealthy?
With these skills accessible only to the wealthy, no wonder only the wealthy have gained purchasing power…
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