# ![@middle_class_us Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1834001401191575552.png) @middle_class_us middleclassparty

middleclassparty posts on X about insurance, food, debt, money the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  42.48% [countries](/list/countries)  13.73% [stocks](/list/stocks)  4.58% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  0.65%

**Social topic influence**
[insurance](/topic/insurance) #1368, [food](/topic/food) 9.8%, [debt](/topic/debt) #1070, [money](/topic/money) 5.23%, [inflation](/topic/inflation) #1290, [in the](/topic/in-the) 4.58%, [health](/topic/health) 4.58%, [budgeting](/topic/budgeting) 3.92%, [more than](/topic/more-than) 3.92%, [if you](/topic/if-you) 3.27%

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**Top assets mentioned**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"The middle class isnt lazy. Its exhausted. Housing costs up. Food costs up. Healthcare up. Wages standing still watching the ladder get pulled up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2018806018478588240)  2026-02-03T21:57Z 49.6K followers, 18.7K engagements


"Corporate profits: near record highs. Hiring: collapsing. Translation: They kept the money. You lost the job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2020301663567855696)  2026-02-08T01:00Z 49.6K followers, 49.3K engagements


"The price of milk went up. The price of eggs went up. The price of beef went up. The price of rent went up. The only thing that didnt go up Your paycheck. Thats not inflation. Thats exploitation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2021253187076854252)  2026-02-10T16:01Z 49.6K followers, 20.3K engagements


"The economy is strong. But every normal errand feels like a crisis. Gas. Groceries. Insurance. Rent. If this is strong Id hate to see weak"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2021281601666093290)  2026-02-10T17:54Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Two incomes. No kids. No house. No savings. Just bills and anxiety. This is the new middle class"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2021342740823290089)  2026-02-10T21:57Z 49.6K followers, 76.3K engagements


"Stop telling young people to build wealth in their twenties when they can barely build a sandwich. Cars cost fifty thousand. Degrees cost fifty eight thousand. Rent eats eighty percent of their check. What exactly are they supposed to invest after buying gas food and a broom closet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/1996014111637774597)  2025-12-03T00:30Z 49.5K followers, 83.7K engagements


"A college degree job pays $50000 a year. Rent is $2000 a month. And they want three times income. You did what they told you. Went to school. Got the job. Still cannot qualify to live"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2000717575676670256)  2025-12-16T00:00Z 48.9K followers, 72.2K engagements


"To match 1970s purchasing power minimum wage would be close to $60 an hour. Let me know when you find that job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2002774125366964319)  2025-12-21T16:12Z 49.5K followers, 1.8M engagements


"Despite politically touted inflation cooling many prices havent eased. Meat & eggs up 4.7%. Electric costs up 6.9%. Gasoline still higher than pre-pandemic. These arent nice to have. Theyre basics. And they shouldn't cost an entire paycheck"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2003555037046333504)  2025-12-23T19:55Z 48.9K followers, 14.3K engagements


"Social Security was designed to supplement retirement. Now it is retirement for millions. The average monthly benefit is about $1900. Average rent in the US is $1400+. Do the math. Thats the entire problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2007178135536533740)  2026-01-02T19:52Z 49.4K followers, 12.9K engagements


"Electricity up. Water up. Gas up. You cant opt out or shop around. You just pay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2007843762110595176)  2026-01-04T15:57Z 49.3K followers, 12.7K engagements


"Subways $5 footlong is gone. Now its $16.49. In some areas it's even higher. Same sandwich. Same line. Different decade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2011922187834319237)  2026-01-15T22:03Z 48.9K followers, 478K engagements


"Since the pandemic: Employment Cost Index growth 0.19%. Total compensation growth 1.25%. Inflation far higher by lived experience. Adjusted for costs many workers are earning less than in [----]. But this is the golden age right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2012921004507513148)  2026-01-18T16:12Z 49.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The CEO of Walmart says grocery prices will keep rising in [----]. Not might. Will. When the biggest retailer in America says relief isnt coming believe them. This is the new baseline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2014760893880373483)  2026-01-23T18:03Z 48.9K followers, 70.6K engagements


"You can work full time at $30 an hour and still cant afford groceries without stress. Explain that. And no don't say grow your own food or shop smarter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2015182154217447545)  2026-01-24T21:57Z 49.5K followers, 56.3K engagements


"Stop thinking people are being cheap. When deodorant costs $8 and rent eats half your paycheck saving whatever you can is the only sensible option"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2015848806164627695)  2026-01-26T18:06Z 49K followers, [----] engagements


"Every app has ads now. Every feature is a subscription. Food costs more. Electricity costs more. Insurance costs more. But wages didnt get the memo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2015937884000301434)  2026-01-27T00:00Z 49K followers, [----] engagements


"Overtime used to mean progress. Now it means working more to stand still and still paying the bill. What happened to no tax on overtime"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2016238611608592664)  2026-01-27T19:55Z 48.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The middle class didnt vanish overnight. It eroded: housing childcare healthcare taxes insurance. One barnacle at a time sinks a ship. Welcome to the waterline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2016662664496181615)  2026-01-29T00:00Z 49.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Gen Z unemployment is now higher than the national average. Theyre not refusing jobs. They cant get hired. And when they do it still doesnt pay. They know the social contract is broken"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2016931935986082218)  2026-01-29T17:50Z 49.4K followers, 212.2K engagements


"$75000 a year is now paycheck to paycheck. Thats not failure. Thats math. And the math isnt mathing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2016965146376089824)  2026-01-29T20:02Z 49.3K followers, 441.9K engagements


"Previous generations got: careers pensions homes. This generation gets: contracts layoffs side hustles. Same effort. Different outcome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2016995599439049043)  2026-01-29T22:03Z 49.3K followers, 47.9K engagements


"People dont hate working. They hate working full-time and still needing Red Bull coffee and hope to get through the month"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2017032596312478011)  2026-01-30T00:30Z 49.3K followers, 30.3K engagements


"In [----] homeowners insurance was $90$150 per year. Property taxes were $350$550 per year. Today Thousands per year for both. Same houses. Different squeeze"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2017266150351032422)  2026-01-30T15:58Z 49.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The average U.S. household earns $82000. The average home costs $440000. After taxes and housing that leaves about $2200 a month for everything else. Tell me where the margin is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2017627023212982652)  2026-01-31T15:52Z 49.4K followers, 25.2K engagements


"A townhouse rented for $1400 eight years ago now rents for $3000. Same walls. Same floorplan. Different insurance taxes and interest. Rent didnt double because wages did"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2017661492707901867)  2026-01-31T18:09Z 49.5K followers, 31.8K engagements


"People arent budgeting wrong. Theyre being priced out of food. When groceries cost more than car payments the problem isnt discipline. Its the system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2017718851446730973)  2026-01-31T21:57Z 49.5K followers, 17.3K engagements


"Typical grocery trip: $100 gets you a bag and regret. $70 gets you dinner and anxiety. $40 gets you chicken salad. Tell me again how inflation is cooling"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2017742281772511478)  2026-01-31T23:30Z 49.4K followers, [----] engagements


"We were told to work harder. We did. Now were choosing between groceries and electricity. This is not the golden age we were promised"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2017764942405894578)  2026-02-01T01:00Z 49.2K followers, 95.2K engagements


"A single person now needs $100000 a year to live a basic middle-class life in many U.S. cities. Not luxury. Not excess. Normal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2017990648230535344)  2026-02-01T15:57Z 49.5K followers, 21.8K engagements


"We are officially financing food. Not houses. Not cars. Food. If you need debt just to eat the economy is already broken"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2017994449440141693)  2026-02-01T16:12Z 49.6K followers, 42K engagements


"People didnt fall out of the middle class. They were pushed. Same jobs. Same effort. Higher prices everywhere. Congratulations youve been downgraded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2018082757499347276)  2026-02-01T22:03Z 49.3K followers, 16.1K engagements


"A month of groceries used to cost $120. Now the same cart is $400+. Same items. Same brands. Same people. Different country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2018353537705533499)  2026-02-02T15:59Z 49.1K followers, 21.4K engagements


"If your grocery bill is higher than your rent used to be youre not crazy. Thats happening everywhere. To everyone. And no one is fixing it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2018716428182974723)  2026-02-03T16:01Z 49K followers, [----] engagements


"The average home was $313k in [----]. Now its $420k. Interest rates doubled. Paychecks didnt. That extra $600 a month buys nothing except regret"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2018744864775491791)  2026-02-03T17:54Z 49.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Health insurance for a parent and one kid: $850 a month for a terrible plan. $1500 for something usable. Work harder they said. Get ahead they said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2018775327212699784)  2026-02-03T19:55Z 49.5K followers, [----] engagements


"You cant live in America comfortably anymore. You can only inherit comfort. If you dont have generational wealth every month is a survival game. Same country two realities. It never used to be like this. And it doesn't have to be in the future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2018844523363791166)  2026-02-04T00:30Z 49.2K followers, 20.6K engagements


"People arent choosing to move back home. Theyre being forced back home. Not because theyre lazy. Because the math doesnt work. Rent food insurance car repeat. No savings. No cushion. No future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019107755362062431)  2026-02-04T17:56Z 49.5K followers, 13.4K engagements


"Two jobs used to mean you were ambitious. Now it means youre trying not to drown. And the second you get ahead in one category another bill spikes to erase it. Thats a treadmill with a profit margin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019140462703985033)  2026-02-04T20:06Z 49.4K followers, [----] engagements


"The most expensive part of America is pretending everything is normal. People are applying to thousands of jobs. Working two jobs. Still asking for rent assistance. Tell me again how the economy is strong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019168429928743295)  2026-02-04T21:57Z 49.3K followers, 10.4K engagements


"What does broke look like in America now It looks like degrees. It looks like experience. It looks like nurses. It looks like managers. It looks like everyone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019532317161664769)  2026-02-05T22:03Z 49.2K followers, 11.8K engagements


"Single life is great. Living alone is great. Until one repair wipes your month. $600 brakes + $500 car payment and suddenly youre crying on the bathroom floor because independence costs a mortgage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019802852462309488)  2026-02-06T15:58Z 49.3K followers, 33.2K engagements


"You now need over $100000 a year just to qualify for a basic mortgage in America. Median household income is $84000. See the problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019861715895087419)  2026-02-06T19:52Z 49.5K followers, 19K engagements


"108000 job cuts in January. Highest for any January since [----]. But dont worry. The headlines say everything is fine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2020198183385604248)  2026-02-07T18:09Z 49.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Unemployment claims just jumped to [------]. Highest in two months. Media response: Probably the weather. Everything bad is weather now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2020278989198151882)  2026-02-07T23:30Z 49.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Restaurants are empty. Beaches are empty. Budgets are not. People are working not living"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2020531160539959768)  2026-02-08T16:12Z 49.5K followers, 17.2K engagements


"$50000 in [----] should be about $63000 today just to break even. Not get ahead. Not build wealth. Just not fall behind. If youre still at $50k youre funding someone elses lifestyle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2020588254416736644)  2026-02-08T19:59Z 49.5K followers, [----] engagements


"They told you: Get a degree and youll be fine. Now people make more waitressing than in their career. And the punchline is: youre still broke"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2020619453717750039)  2026-02-08T22:03Z 49.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Car insurance used to be a bill. Now it is a second rent. Premiums exploded across [--------] and insurers are still pushing double-digit hikes. You did not get worse at driving. The system got better at extracting. If your renewal looks like a shakedown that is because it is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/1989028079042216211)  2025-11-13T17:50Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"McDonalds made over $8 billion in profit last year. They could pay workers a real living wage. And executives would still be rich. This is not about what is possible. It is about what is chosen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2003165214456357227)  2025-12-22T18:06Z 49.6K followers, 42K engagements


"Dennys is closing [---] locations by the end of [----]. Jack in the Box is closing [------] stores. People didnt stop liking food. They ran out of money to spend on it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2004711394801832406)  2025-12-27T00:30Z 49.6K followers, 288.8K engagements


"You can now use buy now pay later to pay rent. Not food. Not a phone. Not a TV. Rent. When housing needs financing the affordability crisis is already here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2012645439636398352)  2026-01-17T21:57Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Half the country cant cover a $1000 emergency. The median home costs half a million dollars. And CEOs make [---] times more than workers. But dont worry. Just skip Starbucks and cancel Netflix. And work eight days a week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019931717046325699)  2026-02-07T00:30Z 49.6K followers, 55.4K engagements


"Your weekend used to mean: rest. Now it means: anxiety. Because you worked all week and still cant afford to exist. Thats not adulting. And we all deserve better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2020949150548763060)  2026-02-09T19:53Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Americans arent bad with money. Theyre boxed in by fixed costs that never stop rising. But just get a second job and cancel Netflix right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2014858262139539574)  2026-01-24T00:30Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Applying to [----] jobs and getting [--] interviews is not a skills issue. Thats a system pretending to hire. Fake listings. Ghost postings. Humiliation as a business model. And no it's not because you got a worthless degree. This is how it is for the majority of people in this country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019501849997459828)  2026-02-05T20:02Z 49.6K followers, 58.6K engagements


"The housing market doesnt run on hope. It runs on wages. And wages just hit their slowest growth in [--] years. Thats the warning no one wants to talk about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019569305461875021)  2026-02-06T00:30Z 49.6K followers, 10.6K engagements


"Home prices inflated 3050% in five years. Wage growth just fell below its 10-year average. That gap doesnt normalize. It snaps. Move somewhere cheaper doesn't solve this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2020163708484305245)  2026-02-07T15:52Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"McDonalds says customers are pulling back. Same with Wendys. Same with Burger King. When fast food loses traffic its a stress signal. People are tapped out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2005307053112238574)  2025-12-28T15:57Z 49.6K followers, 5.1M engagements


"Two middle-class jobs in [----] paid for: A house. Kids. Cars. Groceries. Today two full-time incomes still drown in daycare debt and a $4000 mortgage. Thats not nostalgia. Thats math"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2017297615021396352)  2026-01-30T18:03Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Middle class used to mean: A house. A vacation. Kids. Now it means: Rent. Debt. Anxiety. Progress apparently"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2018385500994777301)  2026-02-02T18:06Z 49.6K followers, 77.6K engagements


"In some states childcare costs more than college tuition. So parents leave the workforce because working literally doesnt pay. Explain how thats sustainable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019077811990856156)  2026-02-04T15:57Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"They call this a stable labor market. Meanwhile: Job openings just fell to [---] million. Lowest since [----]. Stability doesnt look like this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2020255562399699203)  2026-02-07T21:57Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Just move somewhere cheaper. So Leave your family. Leave your job. Leave your life. To afford groceries. Great system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2021381241707057552)  2026-02-11T00:30Z 49.6K followers, 191.7K engagements


"Older generations say we all struggled in our 20s. No you didnt. You didnt pay $2200 for rent and $7 for eggs. You didnt graduate into $50K student debt and $0 job security. Gen Z isnt dramatic. Theyre drowning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/1950731922579059081)  2025-07-31T01:35Z 49.6K followers, 32.9M engagements


"We told kids: Go to college. Get good grades. Youll be fine. Now degrees come with debt and jobs that cant afford rent. That wasnt guidance. That was cruelty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2018444913474449821)  2026-02-02T22:02Z 49.6K followers, 60.2K engagements


"People are living in storage units. In offices. In cars. And were supposed to pretend this is fine because stock charts look cute. A country where full-time workers live in cars is not the greatest. Its failing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2020981618697961560)  2026-02-09T22:02Z 49.6K followers, 77.5K engagements


"Older generation bought in [----] for $80k. Now its worth $325k$375k. And they still ask: Why dont young people just buy a house Because they're not buying a house. They're buying the leftovers of a bubble"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2021011290303385726)  2026-02-10T00:00Z 49.6K followers, 11K engagements


"They raised prices 30%. Raised wages 3%. Then told you to be grateful. Are you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2021312030603395343)  2026-02-10T19:55Z 49.6K followers, 32.2K engagements


"They blame coffee. They blame Netflix. They blame lifestyle. They never blame rent doubling and wages stalling. Funny how that works"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2021677174118293897)  2026-02-11T20:06Z 49.6K followers, 48K engagements


"Every generation before us built something. Were just trying not to lose everything. Thats the downgrade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2021705111756521632)  2026-02-11T21:57Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"A flat tire shouldnt be life-ruining. Neither should a dentist visit. Or a vet bill. Or a prescription. But here we are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2021736069159383123)  2026-02-12T00:00Z 49.6K followers, 147.6K engagements


"They say People are just spoiled now. Yeah Median rent: $2200 Groceries: $900 Car payment: $400 Health insurance: $250 Thats $3750 before you even touch a latte. Spoiled Or screwed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2010108707103818140)  2026-01-10T21:57Z 49.6K followers, 131.5K engagements


"$40k a year used to mean you could own a home raise kids and have one parent stay home. Today $40k means a roommate or a storage unit. Thats not progress"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019199353487851845)  2026-02-05T00:00Z 49.6K followers, 154K engagements


"Being overqualified is the new unemployment. Companies want senior talent for entry level pay and act offended when you expect a salary. This isnt a job market. Its a hostage negotiation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019468645747798330)  2026-02-05T17:50Z 49.6K followers, 34.1K engagements


"Why is housing unaffordable Let me explain. A $400000 median home means: $20k down at 5%. $40k down at 10%. $80k down at 20%. People cant save that while rent groceries and car insurance are on steroids. So we pretend its a discipline problem. When it's an economic problem. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019834293015441864 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019834293015441864"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2019834293015441864)  2026-02-06T18:03Z 49.6K followers, 133.7K engagements


"$20/hour in [----] is basically $15.87/hour now (after 26% inflation). So when someone says $20/hour is good money theyre living in a museum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2020890242031485307)  2026-02-09T15:59Z 49.6K followers, 21.3K engagements


"Making $100k doesnt get you anywhere now. Thats the part people arent ready to admit. If $100k feels broke what do you think $50k feels like This is a slow-motion eviction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2020922238522855829)  2026-02-09T18:06Z 49.6K followers, 66K engagements


"$100k used to mean made it. Now it means: Careful budgeting. No emergencies. Quiet panic. Progress Not anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2021614523401052414)  2026-02-11T15:57Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Were not lazy. Were exhausted. From working. From cutting back. From still falling behind. Burnout is economic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2021644482211459237)  2026-02-11T17:56Z 49.6K followers, 48.7K engagements


"Stop telling people to be grateful you have a job. If it cannot cover rent and groceries it's not a job. It's a leash with a timesheet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/middle_class_us/status/2022038608148845038)  2026-02-12T20:02Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"There's nothing wrong with working 9-5. If it worked. It doesn't anymore. Work [--] hours. Commute [--]. Sleep [--]. Leftover time to get ahead None. And yet they blame you for not building wealth. While rent eats your check and debt eats your future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949513281418191032)  2025-07-27T16:52Z 49.6K followers, 21.8K engagements


"The average American needs $967000 to retire. The median retirement savings $144000. Translation: most people have about 15% of what they need. But go ahead keep telling everyone to stop buying lattes and budget better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949545200080032015)  2025-07-27T18:59Z 49.6K followers, 252.5K engagements


"Minimum wage hasnt kept up with productivity since [----]. If it had it would be over $25 an hour today. Instead you get $7.25 and a tip jar. But sure. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949576418062381370)  2025-07-27T21:03Z 49.6K followers, 87.5K engagements


"Bachelors degree Credit score 3x rent None of it matters when rent is $2400 and paychecks are $17/hr. People are skipping the paperwork and going straight to hotel extended stays. Because they dont qualify for poverty anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949607883206734065)  2025-07-27T23:08Z 49.6K followers, 528.2K engagements


"Youre not bad with money. Rent has doubled. Wages havent. Housing isnt expensive because you're irresponsible. Its expensive because landlords investors and zoning laws made it that way. But sure just cancel Netflix. And stop eating out. That will be enough for a down payment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949645835672695203)  2025-07-28T01:39Z 49.6K followers, 344.8K engagements


"Used to be that a high school diploma got you a house. Now A degree gets you debt and a job that wants [--] years of experience for $19/hour. But sure keep blaming young people for not buying homes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949847279109648484)  2025-07-28T14:59Z 49.6K followers, 30.1K engagements


"American's don't hate work and aren't lazy. They hate working [--] hours side hustling [--] more and still not being able to afford rent. They didnt get lazy. They got priced out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949879182701343201)  2025-07-28T17:06Z 49.6K followers, 64.8K engagements


"America in 2025.if you are lucky enough to have a job. You commute [--] hours a day. You wake up at 5am to grind. You live with your parents to save. You have a side hustle. You don't eat out. You don't go out. And youre still barely scraping by. But yeah sure. The problem is youre just not working hard enough to succeed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949938610376970316)  2025-07-28T21:02Z 49.6K followers, 52.5K engagements


"America is being transformed from the land of opportunity to the land of renting everything from a hedge fund. This isnt capitalism. Its wealth extraction disguised as opportunity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949968302190506381)  2025-07-28T23:00Z 49.6K followers, 26.9K engagements


"The real American Dream isnt owning a home anymore. Its being able to pay rent buy groceries and sleep through the night without debt anxiety. And the solution isn't starting a side hustle skipping meals cooking at home or investing smarter. It's holding our leaders accountable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949983155936522583)  2025-07-28T23:59Z 49.6K followers, 40.9K engagements


"Every election they promise to help the middle class. Then they take your vote and hand your future to the donor class. This isnt left vs. right. Its top vs. bottom. And youre not at the top"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950238500336308350)  2025-07-29T16:54Z 49.6K followers, 17.4K engagements


"Boomers: I bought my house at [--] Gen Z: Im [--] and split rent with [--] roommates and [--] side gigs This isnt generational laziness. Its generational robbery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950299659903111310)  2025-07-29T20:57Z 49.6K followers, 2.3M engagements


"Youre not bad budgeting. Groceries are up 25% in [--] years. Food isnt unaffordable because youre lazy. Its unaffordable because corporations pricefix and pocket record profits. But sure just stop eating avocado toast. And skip breakfast. Thatll fix everything right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950378917270794580)  2025-07-30T02:12Z 49.6K followers, 55.4K engagements


"FYI: The U.S. has the most expensive healthcare system in the world. And yet medical debt is the #1 cause of bankruptcy. You can survive cancer and still lose your home. Thats not healthcare. Thats extortion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950571483845087412)  2025-07-30T14:57Z 49.6K followers, 26.3K engagements


"They told you: Get a 401k. Save 10%. Work hard. Youll retire with dignity. Now theyre raising the retirement age and slashing benefits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950634132469350860)  2025-07-30T19:06Z 49.6K followers, 416.8K engagements


"America isnt the land of the free. Its the land of the fee. Everything costs more and more money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950662093356568698)  2025-07-30T20:57Z 49.6K followers, 18.3K engagements


"The middle class built this country. And now they cant afford to live in it. Not in the cities. Not in the suburbs. Not even in their childhood homes. This is what decline looks like"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950693078085304715)  2025-07-30T23:00Z 49.6K followers, 31.8K engagements


"Just a reminder that corporations got $5 trillion in pandemic relief. What did you get $1200 and a lecture about personal responsibility. They bailed out Wall Street. They left Main Street to rot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950936594979942911)  2025-07-31T15:08Z 49.6K followers, 65.7K engagements


"In America you work [--] hours a week to stay broke. You work [--] to go into debt slower. And you die before retirement. Call it what it is: modern slavery with air conditioning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950995476360114596)  2025-07-31T19:02Z 49.6K followers, 100.3K engagements


"Middle Class wealth is a mirage. Your friend with the nice car Its financed. Your cousins vacation On a credit card. Your coworker living alone Three roommates you never see. This is the real America. Struggling quietly flexing publicly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951025949698375813)  2025-07-31T21:03Z 49.6K followers, 41.2K engagements


"In [----] it took [--] weeks of work to support a family. Today It takes [--]. There are only [--] weeks in a year. See the problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951062942427775401)  2025-07-31T23:30Z 49.6K followers, 36.9K engagements


"@amitylee13 Just tell her to pull herself up by her bootstraps and work harder. Get [--] side hustles. That will work right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951286214251741233)  2025-08-01T14:17Z 49.6K followers, 396.8K engagements


"@PeterLBrandt I guess inflation the high cost of rent car insurance health insurance low wages are all on us. Just work [--] days a week and [--] jobs got it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951291496713289881)  2025-08-01T14:38Z 49.6K followers, 280.5K engagements


"If your a millennial your parents bought a home on 3x their income. Youre being asked to buy at 8x 10x even 15x. And when you can't they say: You're just not saving enough. No. The game is rigged. Youre not buying a house. Youre bidding against Blackstone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951296451213992112)  2025-08-01T14:58Z 49.6K followers, 528K engagements


"Youre told to be grateful you have a job. You work [--] hours a week. Maybe more. You still cant afford a home. Still cant afford to have a kid. Still cant afford to take a breath. Thats not ingratitude. Thats a broken system. And an entire generation of Americans are becoming nihilistic as a result. We need to restore America we used to have"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951355343545434596)  2025-08-01T18:52Z 49.6K followers, 36.8K engagements


"McDonalds used to be the escape when rent was due and payday was far. Now a value meal is $14 and the value is gone. Even their $5 deal feels like charity after they bled customers dry. When people cant even afford McDonalds the economy is already broken"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951453053342851496)  2025-08-02T01:20Z 49.6K followers, 57.8K engagements


"The middle class once owned most of the wealth in this country. Now the top 1% controls 50% of all income. And youre still blaming yourself for not working hard enough Its not your fault. Its the system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951691839234269522)  2025-08-02T17:09Z 49.6K followers, 50.6K engagements


"Credit card debt in America just hit $1.3 trillion. People are juggling [--] [--] [--] cards. Paying 25% interest to buy groceries. Moving balances from one card to another just to stay afloat. Meanwhile banks made record profits last year. You think thats an accident"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951717239939330557)  2025-08-02T18:50Z 49.6K followers, 102.9K engagements


"Boomers: I bought a house for $80k with one income. Gen Z: I cant qualify for a $1200 apartment without [--] paystubs a cosigner and firstborn child. This isnt the American Dream. Its a landlords lottery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951749206596591806)  2025-08-02T20:57Z 49.6K followers, 35.8K engagements


"Boomers: I supported a family of four on one income. Gen Z: I cant support myself on three jobs. This isnt poor work ethic. Its an economy designed to bleed you dry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1952020974490022166)  2025-08-03T14:57Z 49.6K followers, 77.3K engagements


"Half the country cant cover a $1000 emergency. The median home costs half a million dollars. And CEOs make [---] times more than workers. But dont worry. Just skip Starbucks and cancel Netflix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1952049908636176746)  2025-08-03T16:52Z 49.6K followers, 42.1K engagements


"People say Stop blaming the economy. Stop eating out. Stop buying clothes. Okay. No restaurants. No new clothes. No car. No vacations. Youre still broke. Its not Netflix. Its the cost of survival"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1952151493122920920)  2025-08-03T23:35Z 49.6K followers, 23.5K engagements


"Your grocery bill isnt just higher. Its unpredictable. One day milk is $4. Tomorrow its $5.50. Same store. Same brand. You cant coupon your way out of this. You cant plan a weekly budget when the numbers change every hour. This isnt incompetence. Its engineered chaos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1952415821625503972)  2025-08-04T17:06Z 49.6K followers, 65.7K engagements


"Millennials and GenZ were sold college as a ticket to the American Dream. Instead they got debt underemployment and a job market that asks: Have you tried getting a side hustle or learning a new skill"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1952442762831278521)  2025-08-04T18:53Z 49.6K followers, 201.2K engagements


"We normalized struggle so much we think its success. Two jobs=Hustle. Roommates in your 30s=Smart financial move. $50K in debt=Just life. No. Its broken. And they want you too tired to notice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1952475208519963049)  2025-08-04T21:02Z 49.6K followers, 23.8K engagements


"Being broke used to mean skipping a vacation. Being broke in [----] means skipping meals. It used to be you could work part-time pay rent and still save for a car. Today you can work [--] hours a week and still have $12 in your bank account by Friday. Stop pretending it's the same struggle. It's not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1952504925226737701)  2025-08-04T23:00Z 49.6K followers, 33.3K engagements


"America isnt doing fine. Were broke in designer clothes. Were depressed in luxury apartments. Were financing vacations we cant afford just to forget were living paycheck to paycheck. This isnt prosperity. Its denial with a credit limit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1952775223419236803)  2025-08-05T16:54Z 49.6K followers, 32K engagements


"We were told to work hard get a degree buy a house retire at [--]. Now were overworked overeducated renting at [--] and praying Social Security still exists by [--]. This isnt the American dream. Its the American nightmare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1952805664855581183)  2025-08-05T18:55Z 49.6K followers, 116.3K engagements


"Theres no ladder anymore in America. Our parents climbed it and found success. We got handed a treadmill. Run harder. Earn less. Watch prices skyrocket. And when you cant keep up Sorry you just aren't hustling hard or budgeting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1952836350748602649)  2025-08-05T20:57Z 49.6K followers, 114.5K engagements


"Boomers: I fed a family of four on $50 a week. Gen Z: $50 barely covers lunch. This isnt inflation. Its engineered poverty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1952874911522849102)  2025-08-05T23:30Z 49.6K followers, 35.7K engagements


"Theyll tell you be grateful you have a job. Grateful for what A poverty wage A 2-hour commute Watching groceries double in price while your paycheck stays the same"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1953138098751115356)  2025-08-06T16:56Z 49.6K followers, 25.2K engagements


"Poor in America doesnt mean lazy. It means two jobs and still broke. It means credit cards maxed out on groceries. It means praying your car doesnt break down. This isnt personal failure. This is what happens when a country treats basic needs as a profit opportunity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1953170835851649398)  2025-08-06T19:06Z 49.6K followers, 26.3K engagements


"Middle class used to mean vacations savings a home. Middle class today means: Roommates at [--]. DoorDash as a side hustle. Hoping your car doesnt break because $400 would ruin you. And they still dare to call this booming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1953472805485367547)  2025-08-07T15:06Z 49.6K followers, 21.6K engagements


"Youre not broke because you drink lattes. Youre broke because homes went from $200000 to $600000 in a decade while wages barely moved. Personal finance advice doesnt fix systemic theft"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957820183491359159)  2025-08-19T15:01Z 49.6K followers, 50.3K engagements


"Stop telling people to just budget better. You cant budget your way out of: $2200 rent $7 eggs $900 groceries $400 car payments $50K student loans This isnt bad budgeting. Its a broken system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957848634533318737)  2025-08-19T16:54Z 49.6K followers, 23K engagements


"Your electric bill didnt double because you used more power. It doubled because the rates went up 50%. Families running bare minimum electricity are getting hit with $400+ bills. You didnt suddenly start wasting energy. The system just decided to charge you more for the same thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1958673086477148349)  2025-08-21T23:30Z 49.6K followers, 22.7K engagements


"To have the same buying power as [--] years ago minimum wage would need to be $66/hour. Thats $137000 a year. Most Americans dont even make half that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1958938068729127011)  2025-08-22T17:03Z 49.6K followers, 16.6K engagements


"Youre not retiring. Not at [--]. Not at [--]. The new American dream Working until you die if your health lets you. This isnt about laziness. Its about an economy where even doing everything right leaves you broke"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1959327364933914794)  2025-08-23T18:50Z 49.6K followers, 40.1K engagements


"$8 for Doritos. $7.50 for hamburger meat. $6 for cereal. $100 at the grocery store buys nothing. This isnt inflation. Its robbery at the checkout line"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1959660080363671552)  2025-08-24T16:52Z 49.6K followers, 28.1K engagements


"Teachers are DoorDashing after class. Police officers cant afford homes. 70-year-olds are lifting boxes in retail just to eat. Tell me again how this is the richest country in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1960888641070186919)  2025-08-28T02:14Z 49.6K followers, 17.3K engagements


"Electric bills are doubling overnight. Not because you left the lights on. Because AI data centers need your paycheck more than you do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1964456181172183207)  2025-09-06T22:30Z 49.6K followers, 25.9K engagements


"Stop telling us to be grateful. Grateful for what $40 DoorDash orders $450 power bills and 30% credit card interest We are being robbed. Gratitude isn't the right word here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1978899334197379175)  2025-10-16T19:02Z 49.6K followers, 21.9K engagements


"The cost of survival in America now outpaces the value of our labor. $25/hour is now a poverty wage. And most Americans are still being offered $15. You're not falling behind. You're being pushed. This is why the Middle Class is vanishing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979200327480963235)  2025-10-17T14:58Z 49.6K followers, 16.9K engagements


"Housing about $1850 a month. Food about $691 a month. Transportation about $913 a month. That is $3454 before you see a doctor fix a tooth or buy a winter coat. This is why everything feels like a crisis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979621111743565871)  2025-10-18T18:50Z 49.6K followers, 58.1K engagements


"Hamburger Helper is back because groceries broke the middle class. Families are stretching beef with boxed powder and pasta. Frozen pizza sales up. Aldi and Walmart packed with former Whole Foods shoppers. This is not nostalgia. This is survival cooking in the worlds richest country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1981011989737451663)  2025-10-22T14:57Z 49.6K followers, 77.9K engagements


"Boomers: I bought a house for $80k with one income. Gen Z: I cant qualify for a $1200 apartment without [--] paystubs a cosigner and firstborn child. This isnt the American Dream. Its a landlords lottery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1981402826765951247)  2025-10-23T16:50Z 49.6K followers, 19K engagements


"New research says the poor and middle class have virtually stopped buying. Cars clothes flights even insurance gets cut. Only the rich are still on a shopping spree. An economy that depends on yachts to keep the harbor open is not a healthy port"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1981436054914596867)  2025-10-23T19:02Z 49.6K followers, 18.6K engagements


"You grew up thinking third world meant somewhere far away. Now its tents on your street. Cars as homes. Parents selling plasma so kids can get school clothes. This is America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1981503522102268149)  2025-10-23T23:30Z 49.6K followers, 28.1K engagements


"The fastest growing homeless demographic is seniors. Not teenagers. Not addicts. People who worked low wage jobs paid taxes and lost it all to one illness and a rent increase"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982097901997174923)  2025-10-25T14:52Z 49.6K followers, 104.4K engagements


"They say there is no money for Medicare. There is always money for war. There is always money for bailouts. There is never money for you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983315465096024457)  2025-10-28T23:30Z 49.6K followers, 16.2K engagements


"Wasn't the last election about the economy Prices didnt come back down. Housing still brutal. Gas still high. Groceries up. Utilities up. Insurance up. Wages flat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983611365651562716)  2025-10-29T19:06Z 49.6K followers, 21.9K engagements


"Health insurance in America means you pay every month so that when something happens you still pay. Premiums. Deductibles. Co pays. That is not health care. It's a subscription"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985074247736205637)  2025-11-02T19:59Z 49.6K followers, 19.6K engagements


"If you are angry at your neighbors EBT card you are aiming too low. Be angry that wages do not buy food. Be angry that essentials outpace pay. Be angry at a system that starves the working class"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985435124943425668)  2025-11-03T19:53Z 49.6K followers, 26.1K engagements


"PSA: Do not let them gaslight you. America used to be affordable. Your parents or grandparents could work one job. Not a side hustle. Not freelancing at midnight. Not delivering food to people who make more than you. Just one job. And with that one job they could: Buy a home Support a family Save money Take a vacation once in a while Retire without panic If you worked more than [--] hours people thought something was wrong. Now if you work only [--] hours people think something is wrong with you. Housing used to cost 2x your annual income. Now it is 8x to 12x depending on your city. And that is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986191114173391142)  2025-11-05T21:57Z 49.6K followers, 108.7K engagements


"Stop telling people to hustle harder. People are driving Uber after 10-hour shifts. Working multiple jobs. Cutting costs. The fix isn't working more. The fix is paychecks that cover bills and prices that don't climb faster than wages. Anything else is noise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986524560666120244)  2025-11-06T20:02Z 49.6K followers, 47.5K engagements


"Everyone keeps arguing about insurance vs universal healthcare. Meanwhile health insurance companies reported [--] billion in profit last year. We do not have a healthcare system. We have a billing system. And the bill is you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986555007814996419)  2025-11-06T22:03Z 49.6K followers, 49.1K engagements


"Cut Netflix and stop eating out. People already did. Now they are cutting therapy and Thanksgiving. There is nothing left to trim but hope. This is NOT how America should be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986825564586381573)  2025-11-07T15:58Z 49.6K followers, 104.1K engagements


"Employer health insurance used to be a benefit. Now it's a hostage situation. When [--] percent of your paycheck goes to premiums and you still cannot afford the deductible that's not coverage. It's a monthly shakedown"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986856994360176690)  2025-11-07T18:03Z 49.6K followers, 51.4K engagements


"Every year groceries cost more. Housing costs more. Insurance costs more. But wages Stuck in 1968"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988637241422278904)  2025-11-12T15:57Z 49.6K followers, 15.6K engagements


"Pizza chains are collapsing. Not because people hate pizza. But because the middle class cant afford it anymore. The $18 pie is now a symbol of a broken system where even junk food is priced like steak"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1947039659827011626)  2025-07-20T21:03Z 49.6K followers, 728.4K engagements


"The top 0.1% now control 13.8% of all wealth. In [----] it was 8.5%. What changed Not work ethic. Not innovation. What changed was policy that was designed to concentrate wealth. We dont live in capitalism. We live in financial feudalism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949212524974407907)  2025-07-26T20:57Z 49.6K followers, 25.7K engagements


"Cost of living is breaking people. Half of America is stressed about rent. Half is stressed about groceries. Nearly [--] in [--] under [--] are using buy now pay later just to get by. This isn't about budgeting better. Its survival"  
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