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A $100,000 income should put you firmly in the middle class, given that the median annual pay of America's full-time workers is around $62,000. Middle-class Americans may not be wealthy, but they have come to expect a measure of economic stability.
Yet, in the Harris survey, many high earners portray themselves living paycheck to paycheck. Three-quarters of six-figure earners said they had used a credit card recently because they ran out of cash. More than half of six-figure earners said they would have to double their income to feel financially secure. Some six-figure earners said they had sold personal items, cut back on medical care, and even skipped meals, to make ends meet. After the 'BBB' takes full effect soon, expect more austerity measures from both the government and consumers.
Dummkopf Trumpf's economic policies, like the tariffs, tax cuts for the wealthy, government budget cuts, and the "BBB,' have only benefited America's oligarchs and Russia President Vladimir Putin who wants to see America's economy decline and her people demoralized.