Americans Are So Poor That Now Even Eating At McDonald’s Is Considered To Be “Prohibitively Expensive” For Many People

Do you want to see a very clear sign that our standard of living has gone way down?  When I was growing up, middle class and low-income Americans flocked to fast food restaurants such as McDonald’s and Wendy’s.  But now we are being told that high prices have “driven away lower-income customers” from McDonald’s, and … Read more

In America’s K-Shaped Economy, The Rich Are Getting Richer While Almost Everyone Else Is Getting The Sharp End Of The Stick

Pundits have been talking a lot about America’s “K-shaped economy” lately, but most average people on the street have no idea what that means.  Basically, it means that the wealthy are getting even wealthier while almost everyone else is getting monkey-hammered.  Yesterday, I detailed 11 signs that economic conditions in the U.S. are the worst … Read more

New York City Enters A Death Spiral As Hundreds Of Thousands Of Law-Abiding Citizens Prepare To Flee

What will the loss of hundreds of thousands of law-abiding citizens mean for New York City? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to answer that question. When large numbers of law-abiding citizens leave any area, conditions get worse. And when conditions get worse, that motivates even more law-abiding citizens to leave. Meanwhile, the election of … Read more

People Are Lining Up At Food Banks As Early As 2:30 In The Morning As The Food Stamp Crisis Forces Millions Of Americans To “Starve”

We are less than two weeks into the month of November, and the mainstream media is telling us that millions of Americans are “starving”.  If our society is this vulnerable to a temporary disruption in food stamp benefits, what is it going to be like when global events really start hitting the fan and there … Read more