whenever we talk about kind of the economic problems within the United States, we generally

have both sides of the aisle disagreeing about either what the cause is or what the actual status

is. When Democrats are office, we're told the economy is great. When Republicans are in office,

we're told the economy is great. And then we never really get to the heart of the very real

problems that people are actually feeling.

And this is not just about politics.

This is also about generations.

Typically, when Gen Z or millennials talk about how difficult things are,

Gen X and boomers tend to say, well, you just need to work harder.

And there's an element of truth to that.

By the same token, there's also an element of truth that things have

changed quite a bit within the economy since the time that older Gen Xers or boomers were going

out and getting a job or buying a home. I saw a map a while back that showed that manufacturing

was the predominant source of work in most states in 1990. You look at that today,

and it's the predominant source of work for only one state. And even then, it's somewhat

questionable when you dig into some of the data. So it's obvious that the economy has changed

rather significantly. The question is, is what is the source of the problems that we're

experiencing? Because the things that Gen Z and millennials are talking about are actually very

real. It's not all just complaining. And so we have to be able to identify that. Because if we

can't provide a good answer, I promise you, there's a lot of forces out there offering

answers to Gen Z and millennials and they're

listening and it's not going to be good enough to simply respond with just work harder when hard

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