I was reading this article today on CNBC about the millions of American struggling in this booming economy.
The system we were taught no longer works 🚫 in the new economy. What are you doing to create financial security 💰and peace of mind 😎 today for you and your family?
“The unemployment rate fell below 4 percent in July, the lowest it’s been in nearly two decades. The job market is booming and the economy seems strong. But millions of Americans are still struggling to make ends meet…
Stop blaming yourself and start blaming the system, or start blaming the deeper causes of your economic fragility and instability,” Quart tells CNBC Make It. “There are forces that are constructed against you, everything from your taxes to whether you can have job security…
Middle class life is now 30 percent more expensive than it was 20 years ago, Quart writes — and Americans are feeling the squeeze. Salaries just don’t go as far as they did to cover the necessities. Pew Research recently found that the average paycheck has the same purchasing power it did 40 years ago.”