My brother, folks are getting slowcooked. It's been like this and that's why dems and republicans keep taking turns. Voters come out thinking these D.C. puppets will solve their problems. Nothing really happens so the other party wins next time. Rinse. Repeat.
Dems just might be luck in with this abortion issue since folks can't afford kids anymore.
Yeah, I just noticed that shit too with those family sizes. But remember how they look at food inflation. Just swap that lasagna out for spam and voila, inflation isn't so bad. CPI witchcraft and 8 percent inflation.

And that's when they talk about food since food and energy(the most important shit) are allegedly too unstable.
I mentioned about 18 months ago that real wages wouldn't keep up. That folks who were clapping like seals over nominal increases didn't understand they were going to be underwater in terms of REAL increase. That's one big factor with Americans. Most don't know finance or economics, but academics(liberal arts types who themselves don't know economics/finance) claim Americans need more fucking history, gender studies, and other shit.
I'd like to see someone take a mic, stop randoms on the street, and ask them the difference between real value and nominal value.
And you mention out of touch lawmakers, did you see them talking to Powell last week?