This is a huge long answer
20 trillion dollars in debt - this is a selling out of the futures of Americans not yet born
massive household debt (basically credit card + mortgage loans)
https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/credit-card-data/average-credit-card-debt-household/
104% Debt to GDP ratio
The decline of prime working age men working
Almost 50 million people on food stamps
Mid-wage jobs are being lost and the ones being created are mostly low wage jobs
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Under this definition, the middle class made up 50% of the U.S. adult population in 2015, down from 61% in 1971.[/quote]
I could keep going…