I've been shocked that Americans are in such a grumpy 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 United States 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 nation, but this past year has been one of the blockbusters, with incomes rising almost twice as fast as inflation.

It hasn't happened by accident. It's happened because at the start of 2025, we had a regime change in Washington. In Donald Trump we have a president whose common-sense economic, education, energy, environment and financial policies have........

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