The Real Economic Conditions & Cost of Living

The economy experienced by ordinary Americans, not the one described in headlines.

The real economy is measured at the kitchen table by American families, not in government reports, financial news headlines, or described by politicians. Rising prices, housing costs, healthcare expenses, insurance premiums, taxes, and everyday necessities affect families far more directly than economic statistics and political talking points. These articles examine the real economic conditions facing American households, the growing cost of living, the financial challenges, and the gap between official narratives and the everyday reality American families face.


  • SitRep – 02/04/2025

    The shit is really starting to hit the fan! I hate to tell you…it is now getting real, very real. And it won’t go well. Here is the problem…violence from illegal aliens is out of…

  • US Supreme Court: Another step closer…

    Let’s cover a couple of facts* first: TikToc is a social media app used by close to 170,000,000 people in the US, 1billion users worldwide. TikToc earns about $20billion yearly from the US. TiKToc influencers/creators…

  • ASKED OF ME: What can I do? (Introduction)

    The following question was posted as a comment to article of mine last month. The article that I had written outlined a number of current event issues that had come up that are very disturbing…

  • SitRep – 1/6/2025

    I guess I should start off by wishing everyone a Happy New Year. But…I am just not feeling it. I am going to try one of the short version SitReps and include a short personal…

  • Predicting The ‘Economic End Of The World’ Over The National Debt Have Been Consistently Wrong

    note: the title of this post comes from a headline, it is not my feeling. Last week a very well known and respected money guy talked about the national debt, now approaching $37trillion. He made…

  • Man…was I wrong!!!

    In my article (Important questions/issues that came up…) I mentioned that Denver mayor had diverted $180million since December 2022 to provide free services to criminal illegal aliens. Man, I was wrong! I reported the mayor had…

  • Just a quickie this morning…

    Senate Majority Leader – Sen. John Thune was elected by the Republicans as Senate Majority Leader. That sucks! He is a RHINO and even a poor conservative. He is not a Trump supporter and has…

  • Stop the election win nonsense !

    I have listened to one talking head after another give their opinion on why Trump won. Some of them going on and on how it’s a new day in America and how conservative principles won…

  • Election Reality Check & Other Issues…

    Let me make these two points perfectly clear: 1) Trump didn’t win by a landslide…nowhere near it actually. 2) There is no ‘mandate’ for Trump. First off, let’s clearly understand was a ‘landslide victory’ is.…

  • Hillsdale College (Imprimis) – My Opinion

    In response to “Excellent Article from Hillsdale College (Imprimis)” from two days ago… Remember…the US Constitution is an outline of what the US Federal Government was supposed to be…any nothing more! In legal terms it…

  • SitRep – 10/3/2024 (real one)

    Well, that was an eye opener! The results of the survey on Wednesday was a shocker to me. Tied for first place popularity was my ‘SitRep’ articles. I honestly didn’t think they were that popular…

  • What next?

    This is a follow-up to my last SitRep…in a way. In July I started feeling a bit off; can’t describe it really, just off. By mid-August I knew something was wrong but just couldn’t put…

  • SitRep – 10/01/2024

    I want to make this SitRep short, sweet, to the point…and very accurate. I delved into incredible detail doing my research for this SitRep and I feel I have nailed every single category perfectly. You…

  • They are pushing us to the breaking point !

    I almost decided against writing this. Why? I am not in the best of moods this morning; and besides, it more of the same old stuff with one exception. They are now intentionally pushing us…

  • SitRep – 8/14/2024

    I honestly almost didn’t write this SitRep. You see I was going to write one last month and had a whole lot of research done…then crap hit the fan and so much broke open that…

  • Resources & References…

    Here is the second part of a request I got from a couple of folks. They thought it would be nice if I posted the “references” part of my last book. Here goes… Topics FBI/NSA/DOJ,…

  • The Markets & Economy…Bottom Line

      I wanted to wait till this morning to see how the markets did overseas before posting this article. And it will be interesting to see what happens at the opening bell this morning on…

  • The Markets & Economy…what the hell???

    For crying out loud! What the heck is happening with the markets and economy…especially today? At the end of May I wrote an extensive SitRep on the economy and followed it up with several Q&A…

  • How sure are you that there will be a stock market crash in 2025?

    From: TM How sure are you that there will be a stock market crash in 2025? Great question, trick question, touchy question…difficult question. Remember I use the risk management model for what I think is…

  • You are 100% wrong about the economy!

    From: anonymous You are 100% wrong about the economy! I see it doing very well. I am making good money, just bought a house, and contribute every payday to my 401k. Why do you spread…