People are furious because it highlights how bad things are with inflation and tight budgets while execs make bank.
People aren’t “bad with money.”
Housing, food, healthcare, and debt costs rose faster than wages for years.
— Vivek Singh ! Cashflow (@vivekwithmoney) May 8, 2026
Americans are drowning in credit card debt. We just hit $1.337 TRILLION in revolving credit card debt.
That’s a new all-time high. Up $401 BILLION (+42%) since the 2021 pandemic low. pic.twitter.com/0H6IteWFMO
— Nodelookup (@nodelookup) May 8, 2026
"Consumers are literally running out of money" -Kraft Heinz CEO
Nobody needed budgeting apps, roommates, and side hustles 20 years ago.
One job. One income. It was enough.
None of this is sustainable. pic.twitter.com/ivD2Jlma18
— Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com (@FluentInFinance) May 9, 2026
Corporate fat cat spills it, Americans tapped out and scraping by.
This whole system’s rigged to bleed us.