I'm in Canada, and even under shit Trudeau, 2016-2020 was the most prosperous time of my life. I got a great job, bought 2 cars, a house, and started a family. We lived a comfortable, relaxed, middle class life and I actually felt really great about everything, especially financially! Never wealthy, but we could afford our needs, reasonable wants, the occasional vacation, not to mention a house and family!
Even at the start of the pandemic, things were shitty but looking up... however, since 2021 my life has gone to shit and my wife and I are really struggling to pay the bills and get by. But we are still both still employed at the same places?! The problem is living costs are up 40%, interest has more than doubled, and insurance costs have more than tripled in Canada.
Many feel the same way. So many people are feeling like they will never own a home, have kids, even be able to move out of their parent's basement!
Can you imagine how prosperous we'd ALL be if Trump had remained in office from 2021 until now?! It's outrageous.
While we saw a reprieve in 2016-2020, TBH, things started going to shit in 2008. Im just now back to making what I was in 2010 ish, but everything costs double.
It's true. I graduated 2009 and had such difficulty finding work. In fact I only actually found a proper job in my field in 2018. Those lost 10 years a lot of people have had, and it makes a HUGE difference.