I’ve been shocked that Americans are in such a grump mood as reflected in all the public opinion polls.

What a paradox: at the same time we have peace and prosperity: including more income, more wealth, more of almost everything that we want to buy (yes, except for housing), Americans seem to think we have an “affordability crisis.”  In 2025 the median household income in the U.S. has risen to more than $86,000 a year – an all-time high.

Every income group and every ethnic group is richer today than ever before. Hispanics now have a median household income above $70,000, which would make them rich in most countries where they or their parents came from.

This upward slope of living  standards has been the norm throughout our history as a........

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