For the working poor and middle class, all of these GDP numbers, employment numbers, stock market numbers etc. don't matter.
What does matter to folks of limited income is the fact that food is insanely expensive right now. Folks with a lot of discretionary income don't notice that. Folks without a lot of discretionary income do notice that.
Stop telling people who are struggling to pay their bills that everything's great. It may be for you, but it's not for them.
when people making $200K (95th percentile) claim that they are struggling "middle class" folks like the rest of us, that should say something. I can't fathom how the median household ($75K) can afford to have children. I earn more than that as a single guy and can barely support myself with a reasonably optimistic outlook.
