Bread and Circuses – US Households Increase Debt in Wealth Destroying Areas: Mortgage Debt Holds Steady since 2008 while Debt in Auto Loans, Student Loans, and Credit Cards Reach Record Levels.
Americans for the most part generate their wealth via owning homes. Yet many younger Americans are having a tough time buying a home because of a crowding out effect from investors largely from Wall Street. I’ll start this post with some telling data: In 2008 US households had about $10 trillion in mortgage debt. Today […]
Examining the cost of living between 2000 and 2019: Inflation has played a big part in shrinking the American middle class.
Most Americans are familiar with Alice in Wonderland. The Red Queen’s race in the story highlights Alice running but remaining in the same spot. Many Americans can relate. They are working harder yet somehow feel stuck. Putting more and more energy just to stay in the same spot economically. And many are unable to keep […]
Millennials will be crushed under debt: Non-housing debt now reaches $4+ trillion in the United States.
Millennials continue to face the struggles of living in a world where they are deep in debt and the idea of buying a home is becoming more of a farfetched pipe dream. As recently as 2009 non-housing debt stood at $2.5 trillion. Today it is over $4 trillion, a 60 percent increase in 10 years. […]
Is it possible to pay $0 in taxes on a six-figure income? Yes it is and here is how you do it.
The tax system is setup to reward those that save. But half of the country doesn’t have any money saved so that is a tiny problem. However, if you are willing to put money away you can cut your effective tax rate down to a very low level. I know this seems absurd but it […]