America’s Affordability Crisis Is a Manufactured Disaster — And the Elites Are Laughing While You Starve

The Illusion of Prosperity Is Dead

They keep saying the economy is booming. That inflation is easing. That unemployment is low. But you know better.

You’re working longer hours, juggling side gigs, and still falling behind. They call it “middle class,” but it doesn’t feel like that when you can’t afford a home, have to ration groceries, and watch your savings evaporate every time you hit the gas station or the checkout line.

This isn’t a slump. It’s a collapse. And it’s not happening in spite of the system — it’s happening because of it.

Food Security: A Third-World Fear in a First-World Nation

The numbers don’t lie. According to Statista, Americans are more concerned about food and water security than any other citizens in the developed world. In Europe, fears peaked during the chaos of COVID and the early days of the Ukraine conflict. But in the United States, those worries have only grown. And for good reason.

Food prices aren’t just “up” — they’re out of control. Essentials like milk, eggs, and meat are becoming luxuries for working families. Grocery bills have doubled in many states, and more people are visiting food banks than ever before. The shelves aren’t always stocked. The quality is dropping. And still, corporate profits are rising.

This isn’t temporary. It’s systemic.

Wages Are Stagnant. The Dollar Is a Joke.

For all the media spin, real wages in America have barely budged since the 1970s. Meanwhile, the cost of everything — housing, healthcare, education, food — has exploded. The result? A shrinking paycheck chasing a rising cost of living, month after painful month.

This isn’t the natural ebb and flow of capitalism. This is the result of a dollar that’s been devalued by the very institution sworn to protect it: the Federal Reserve. Every time they print trillions in funny money to “stimulate” the economy, they dilute your savings. Every bailout, every emergency measure, every quantitative easing — it all robs you while enriching the elite.

It’s not inflation. It’s theft. Plain and simple.

Europe Gets Cradles. America Gets Crutches.

In places like Germany or France, even with bloated bureaucracies, people at least get something in return — universal healthcare, rent subsidies, parental leave, and childcare assistance. In the United States, all you get is the privilege of drowning in debt for services you can barely access.

If you’re sick, it’ll cost you. If you’re pregnant, good luck finding affordable care. If your rent spikes, you’re on your own. And if you lose your job? You better hope you can Uber your way back into solvency.

This isn’t freedom. It’s a rigged game where failure is privatized but success is socialized — only in reverse. The rich get their risks covered. You get left holding the bag.

The Housing Market Is a Battlefield — And You’re Losing

Remember when buying a home was considered the first step toward building wealth? That dream has been hijacked. Today’s market isn’t designed for families — it’s designed for financiers.

Wall Street firms, foreign investors, and institutional buyers are snatching up homes in bulk, often before regular Americans even have a chance to tour a property. The result? Artificial scarcity. Inflated prices. Bidding wars no working person can win.

The average family is no longer competing with neighbors — they’re competing with hedge funds armed with algorithms, cheap capital, and political protection. Homeownership, once the cornerstone of the American Dream, is now a gated privilege for the connected class.

The Fed Is Not Your Friend

Let’s be crystal clear: the Federal Reserve doesn’t work for you. It doesn’t answer to you. And it certainly doesn’t care if you can afford eggs or make your rent.

This unelected cartel of central bankers manipulates the economy with all the subtlety of a wrecking ball. When they say they’re “fighting inflation,” what they’re really doing is crushing small businesses and driving up mortgage rates. When they print money, they do it for Wall Street — not Main Street.

They’re not rescuing the economy. They’re looting it.

Your Government Is Funding Everyone But You

While your costs go up and your pay stays flat, Washington is throwing your tax dollars around the world like candy at a parade. We’ve sent over $200 billion to Ukraine. Billions more to Gaza, to Taiwan, to the UN, to the IMF. Wherever there’s a war, a global initiative, or a corrupt regime in need of support, American money shows up.

Meanwhile, back home? Food stamps are being cut. Medicaid is under attack. Social Security is on the chopping block. The infrastructure is crumbling, the borders are wide open, and your kids are being told to skip meals while Congress votes for another foreign aid package.

This isn’t foreign policy. It’s domestic betrayal.

You’re Not Broke. You’re Being Robbed.

They want you to believe it’s your fault. That you didn’t budget right. That you should’ve learned to code, worked harder, or skipped the coffee.

Don’t believe it for a second.

You’re not broke because you’re lazy. You’re broke because you’ve been targeted by a system that wants you dependent. They’ve rigged the market, devalued the currency, locked you out of ownership, and now they’re blaming you for not keeping up.

This isn’t economic mismanagement. It’s engineered collapse. And it’s designed to push you into digital dependence — where everything you own, earn, or spend can be tracked, taxed, and taken away.

So What Can You Do?

You don’t have to wait for permission to protect yourself. Because Washington’s not coming to save you. The cavalry isn’t on the way.

Start with the truth. Then get prepared.

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This is your country.
This is your fight.
And no one’s coming to save you — but you.

Drain the Swamp. Break the System. Reclaim America.

— Sam Clemons
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