Half of US tenants can’t afford to pay their rent. Here’s what’s ahead

As I understood - and read it, the writer said Mr. Biden was asking "why did so many Americans not feel good about the economy." Period. That's what it said: Why - that's asking for a reason. I don't buy the explanation - "why do they feel bad, in absence of a reason." That's not in the text. What I got was: Reasons for feeling good were outlined. So why do so many people still feel bad? I addressed that.

An' jest how do y'all figger I got th' money fer them eight gitars o' mine?

 

Steve, you have valid point, and I agree that the economy is good, yet I think the 2008 resection, recovery and COVID related struggles followed by some recovery all had effect, and the cost of living, this goes beyond any media.
This is Rent, Food, Gas and Electricity, utilities, this is something that people encounter on a daily basis. The cost of living and the produce got more expensive, service after covid got a lot worse.
Many young adults grew up hearing stories about their parents purchasing their first home while they were in their 20s.
But for a lot of millennials these days, that seems like a fantasy.
So people don't need the media to tell them how good or bad things are.
My neighbor as a kid and young adult, did basic jobs and had some money in the pocket, he was able to survive, now he is comparing to the past, and simply impossible to survive the salaries didn't keep with the rising cost of living. I also feel the same way. Bread that used to cost $1 in the 90s is now 4 to $5.




The cost of college
1971-72: $10,000 for a public four-year college
$20,700 for a private nonprofit four-year college
2021-22: $24,600 for a public four-year college
$56,100 for a private nonprofit four-year college

 

I'd rather my address be Turkey Scratch, AR than Sugar Tit, SC. Yes, it's a real place.

 

Indeed it is, and there's also one in Kentucky. Nothin' better 'n a sweet pair of 'em!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugartit,_Kentucky#:~:
https://townofsugartit.com/history/

 

mmmmm - finger-lickin' good!