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The Wreck Of The US Middle Class:
America’s Paychecks Bigger Than 40 Years Ago, But Purchasing Power About The Same (Credit Card Delinquencies Highest Since 1991)

The Wreck Of The US Middle Class: America’s Paychecks Bigger Than 40 Years Ago, But Purchasing Power About The Same (Credit Card Delinquencies Highest Since 1991)
Under Bidenomics and Fed monetary “policies”, we now have the wreck of the US middle class. To begin with, America’s paychecks are bigger than 40 years ago, but purchasing power o…

Under Bidenomics and Fed monetary “policies”, we now have the wreck of the US middle class.
To begin with, America’s paychecks are bigger than 40 years ago, but purchasing power of those larger paychecks is about the sames as it was 40 years ago. Great job Washington DC!!! … NOT!!!!
Coping with Bidennomics and The Fed has been most difficult. Especially if you listened to Biden’s D-Day speech (almost stolen word-for-word from a Ronald Reagan speech).
I’ve notice that my monthly credit card bills are approximately double what they were 5 years ago. This is due to approximate doubling of the costs of gasoline, groceries, health insurance, auto insurance and similar other expenses that are not easy to trim. It’s possible of course to reduce or completely stop making discretionary purchases of things like clothing, consumer electronics, vacations, new appliances, etc., and I suspect you’ll see a lot that happening soon. Recession, here we come.
I'm now finding that fixed pension income that appeared of at least a little value in retirement cannot go as far as planned. Retirees who are able are working again because they have to.
Joe Biden accelerated inflation, while Trump was able to reduce inflation to manageble levels.