The K-shaped post pandemic recovery has intensified and entrenched the hollowing out of middle America. If not addressed it will become America's undoing.
YES! There is a saying that you will not notice if you are paid to NOT notice. Their incentives make them blind to what is happening in middle America.
Thank you for this article. I live in middle America and only have a vague awareness around what you have shared.
Last week I attended a volunteer training for an organization that is a bridge for families experiencing homelessness.
If a wage earner earns $16 per hour at a full time position the max they can afford for rent while still meeting other basic requirements is $975.
The average apartment rent in our county is $1400.
For every 100 families needing a $975 apartment, there are only 28 available.
“The structural problems in middle America are invisible to the elites…” the establishment? The Trees?
YES! There is a saying that you will not notice if you are paid to NOT notice. Their incentives make them blind to what is happening in middle America.