America Is Richer Than Ever — So Why Does Everyone Feel Poor?

Every headline screams growth.

GDP up. Unemployment down. Corporate earnings beating expectations. Markets rallying like it’s 2021.

And yet…

You're budgeting groceries like it’s 2008.

You’re working more and saving less.

Your rent, your insurance, your kid’s field trip all cost more — and nobody can explain why it feels like you’re drowning in an economy that’s “booming.”

So what gives?

Let’s Start With the Number They Worship Most

The U.S. economy’s GDP is now worth over $28 trillion.

But GDP isn’t a scoreboard for the people — it’s a measurement of activity, not prosperity.

• It goes up when the government spends borrowed money.

• It goes up when war increases manufacturing.

• It goes up when your health insurance premium skyrockets.

In other words:

Your pain is their progress.

Your Life ≠ Their Metrics

They’ll tell you inflation is cooling — but what does that even mean?

• Gas has been hovering around $4 a gallon in half the country.

• Daycare costs more than rent in a dozen states.

• Car insurance just saw its biggest spike in decades.

Meanwhile, inflation metrics don’t account for:

• Shrinkflation

• Quality downgrades

• Hidden fees

• Real asset inflation in housing, education, and food

You’re not imagining it. You’re just not measured by the same rulers.

How They Manufacture the Feeling of “Wealth”

Ever hear this one?

It’s true — on paper. But that includes stock portfolios, real estate bubbles, and phantom assets most Americans don’t hold.

What really matters?

• Disposable income

• Monthly costs

• Purchasing power

And those are slipping.

So What Now?

The old model said:

• Work hard

• Save wisely

• Retire with dignity

The new model says:

• Work two jobs

• Own nothing

• Pay monthly just to exist

The system is rewarding asset holders and punishing wage earners.

And most Americans?

Still trading time for dollars. Still saving in a currency that depreciates by design.

—Death

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