Excellent post! And sadly accurate. But you will never hear this, even from the GOP. We all have this false perception of stasis regarding our individual economic condition due to flat absolute wages and false CPI stats from the government. We haven’t woken up to it because we can still pretty much put food on the table even if we just barely squeak by with our other bills. But soon something will happen to jar the system and we’re going to find ourselves unable to eat. By then it will be too late. Good news is that our God will provide. Isaiah 33:15-16 “He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions (i.e. politicians getting rich off our labors as tax slaves), who shakes his hands lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil, he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him, his water will be sure!”