Consumers are feeling worse than they did during the COVID crash. We're back to levels not seen since 2014. Why? The K-shaped economy. Most American households are being left behind. They don't have a large amount of assets. Instead they're taking on more liabilities to fund their rising cost of living. The top 10% are loving this environment. But hard working families are being ground into dust by politicians that serve economic elites over their interests. It's not a problem with one party or another. It's a problem that exposes the rot within our political system. Two "parties" that both serve the rich over the working. That continue to funnel wealth and power upwards in return for favors and legalized bribery we call lobbying. And a central bank whose dual mandate is making the rich richer and the money worth less and less. That's what's going on. That's why many are miserable. ...