The Collapse of Everyday Life in America Has Begun

There is no doubt about it that the American economy is struggling right now. Whether it's people not getting jobs, people losing their jobs or people not even paying their bills. You're starting to see this more and more when you look around. So let me get this straight. Inflation is going to keep going up. Taxes are going to keep going up. Interest rates are going to keep going up. National debt's going to keep going up. Wages are probably going to be going down now with the implementation of AI. It's going to make like easier mundane ----, you know, much easier to do. So what's the end game here? So if you're not already rich, you're not going to be rich very soon. What is really the end game here? I'm actually like asking you, what is the end game? So I just got my Ameren bill. Mind you, I live in Missouri. Single household, so it's just me, my dog, my two cats. House isn't huge, not even normal, right? Their bed, two baths. Nothing crazy, like a little under 17 square foot. Like literally nothing crazy, right? My bill. Two hundred and eighty two dollars and ninety nine cents. Carla Jo. Vacation's over, girl. Vacation is over. Where are the brothers at? But honestly, when does it end? When does this stop? Eight hundred and thirty dollars and twenty seven cents. Anybody want to guess what that is? You won't guess, so I'm just going to share it with you. That is my electric bill this month. OK, full disclosure, that is less than last month. Our bill last month was eleven hundred and thirty dollars and ninety eight cents. I'm sorry, it's insane. That is my mortgage payment plus more. OK, I don't know how anybody is expected to pay that. So. I mean, our house is is big. It's not huge. It's not a mansion. It's about twenty five hundred square feet. Five bedrooms, three baths. We had five children. Our bills with our children, all five living at home, we're between four and seven hundred dollars a month. So we have called the electric company. They've come out. We live beside a restaurant. We were adamant that we were paying the electric company's bill also. I mean, it's ridiculous. Who can afford even four hundred dollars a month for electricity? But they expect us to pay eight hundred and thirty or eleven hundred and thirty. So, yeah, I logged in this morning to see what our bill was when it was due, eight hundred and thirty dollars and twenty seven cents. So we got our electric bill for the month of July. Six hundred and fifty dollars for the month of June. It was five hundred and sixty dollars for the month of August. If it keeps raising our electric company, Centerpoint, Centerpoint Energy, they're pieces of. We will have given them two thousand dollars in three months just for our electric bill. I can't afford that. And if I can't afford that, I can't imagine other people and what they're paying. This is bull like they are forcing us to not pay our bills so that they can force us out of our houses or something. This is absolutely bull. I think there's a lot more people that's not paying their bills. The media wants you to know they've been real, real quiet about this issue. And I'm not talking about utilities like necessities I'm talking about, I really don't think there's a lot of people. I think there's a lot of people that's not paying like medical bills, their mortgages, credit card bills and any other bills, you know, you've accumulated other than like water, electricity and gas. Because I don't think America, America, the American government wants people to get the idea that if they stop paying their bills, nothing's going to happen. But I think that's what's happening. I know that there are a lot of people who who stop being able to afford their mortgage, they still in their houses and it's been two, three years. Because whether they admit it or not, we've been in a recession for years. And I think once the rest of us realize that, wait, I stop paying my credit card bill and really nothing's happening other than it's messing up this phantom credit score and everybody's credit is jacked up. So now what? I think a lot of people aren't paying bills. So. I mean. I stopped paying some bills, I'm like, I ain't paying this mess. Put it on my credit report, I get it off. Have you guys stopped paying your credit cards yet? Because I promise I am about two seconds away from not paying my credit cards, literally just the thought of going grocery shopping makes me sick. Like, how the hell is anyone even affording anything right now? My husband drives a 2017 GMC Sierra and it's two hundred and forty dollars to renew his insurance and we still had to pay one hundred and ninety five dollars on top of that for the last month's insurance. Let's not get started on electric and how much it's going up. I just got a notice saying that our water bill was going up and my electric company keeps on playing games with us. So with that being said, I'm literally two seconds away from not paying my credit cards no more. Because at this point, I got my house. I'm not financing a car. I can't refinance this house because my credit's so freaking shot that it doesn't matter. So I'm really about to say at them credit cards and I am. Am I the only one? You know how I know America is struggling? It's been about 14 days since I had one single job, I went a whole year working at least one or two jobs per day. And now 14 days, nothing's changed, everything's good, I got good reviews, everything's you know, I'm a handyman, so the yard work, electrical, all sorts of stuff, 14 days I have not had one single job. Nothing's changed, everything's good. I'm getting clicks, I'm getting, you know, everything's good. That tells me that Americans are going super broke. They're trying to do things themselves, which is fine, but 14 days, not one single job. The struggle is about to get real, y'all. And I want to share a quick story. The other day I got a phone call and it went to voicemail. I didn't recognize the number. The phone call was for a company that we worked with back in 2018. They contacted us and asked if we are in the market for a new home and if we need a home inspector to please go ahead and give them a call. So when we got that call, we listened to the message. We really thought, wow, people are getting pretty desperate right now because we have not heard from this company all this time. And all of a sudden you're reaching out after this many years. 2018 was a long time ago. You're contacting us to see if you could potentially get any work from us. Wow. I mean, that was a shocker. But that's kind of what you're seeing nowadays. You're seeing people really hurting for work and they're doing whatever they can to make ends meet. I am afraid I'm going to lie. I am afraid of not being able to pay my rent. The electric is going up in the state I live in. Gas, car insurance, medical insurance doubled. I am responsible for providing a roof over my grandkids head. I don't know how I even got in this situation. How did I even get here? My landlord told me straight up, I'm raising your rent every single year. It's going to get to the point that I can't even pay it because I'm having a hard time paying it now. I cannot believe I'm even at 53 years old saying this. Like I was never afraid when I was younger at all, raising two kids all by myself financially ever. I'm a grown ass woman and I am so afraid it keeps me up at night sometimes. If I didn't have other people depending on me, I would not be afraid. I could just go anywhere. How are you all saving money? Like, can someone please let me in on your secret? Because I cannot save money for the life of me. I cannot do it. I try so hard to save money. This is what happens. I get paid every two weeks. So when I get paid, I'll pay bills and I put money into my savings account. OK, I put it in there and I tell myself, OK, I'm not going to touch it. I got to save this money, whatever. Well, I have two weeks till I get paid again. So it is always something. Every time I put money in my savings account, I have to get it out for something. But my family can't go without food. I can't go without gas like I'm not spending the savings account money like on anything that's not a need. So what the how are you guys saving money? I just do not get it. My the only one that feels like there's going to be like a big economic crash that happens in, I don't know, the next six months, like the job numbers don't make a whole lot of sense for like a really healthy economy. I know a lot of people are feeling the effects of inflation and what's going on at the grocery store. I know the stock market is really inflated, but it seems like it's very speculative, very AI driven, which I feel like there's probably some form of an AI bubble. Not saying AI is not important. I just don't understand some of the valuations that are put out there. Seems like a lot of stocks are inflated because of buybacks and stuff like that. And fundamentally, I just don't feel like people are actually doing very well. And when the American consumers and doing well, they're typically leads to a crash. I have a question for everybody who like lives in the city, lives in a house, pays mortgage, works, does all the normal things. I've been out of the system for about seven years now. Do you have a game plan for when the system is all collapse? Like things are collapsing as we speak right now. Do you have a game plan? And what is that? Because for the past 16 years, I've been trying to create village community resources for collaboration and a new way of thinking, being, living. But people aren't really on board with that. So do people have another plan? Like, what is your plan? Are people just going to ignore the fact that systems are collapsing and continue going to work every day? Most of us have lived our lives without having to worry about supply. Well, it's coming to an end, guys. The supply chain has been eroding since 2008. Prices have been going up since then. I remember a time back then that I could go into a store, any store, find anything I wanted on my list, go to one store. Now I have to go to four. And the prices are sky high. I am blessed to have a friend nearby who gives us free eggs laid by her chicken. We gift her something, something canned because she's just, she's a blessing on Earth. And sometimes she allows us to pay for what she gives us. I think maybe once. So we still are in the category of having a lot of blessings in our house, in our, in our lives, and we're not lacking anything. But those days are coming where people are going to, that haven't lacked anything, are going to start lacking. And then you'll hear the shouts. Just think, you wake up one day, lights are out. No gas stations are running. It's chaos on the streets in a vehicle. No banks are open. You can't use your credit cards anywhere. And grocery stores are shut down. How long would you exist on what you have? You've got to think on those terms during today. You have to. Sorry, guys, you have to face up. And be prepared. What I want to tell everyone is don't put your head in the sand, use this time wisely to prepare for what's coming down the pipeline, because you don't know how bad it's going to get and you don't know how bad it can affect your family, what the impacts are going to be. What I do recommend is to sit down either by yourself or with your family, if you have one, and think about three different things that you can do right now to better prepare for the future. Everybody can do something and it doesn't matter how small of a step or how small of a thing it is. We can all do something. So think about three things. If it's saving more money, if it's finding a side hustle, getting a different job, moving, thinking about what kind of family you can move in with, thinking about what other changes you can make in your lifestyle. If you need to stock up on some more food, if you need to maybe get some more preparedness type items, because again, you don't know what can happen in the future and it's always wise to have certain things, certain provisions. But think about what are your next best steps. Do you want to buy some land? Are you thinking about maybe going off grid? You know, that's something that we are really wanting to do. We would love to be off grid in the future and just separate ourselves more and more from these modern day systems. It's something that we're working on and we have different steps that we're trying to take. So think about what it is that you and your family want to do. What are going to be the best things that you guys can do? And again, don't get hung up on, you know, if you can't move or you can't do certain things that you see other people doing. Do what you can do. And that's OK. You know, we all can do something and it doesn't matter if it's a small step or a big step. You shouldn't let that stop you. So I hope this is an encouragement to you. Share any of your thoughts and comments down below. If you have any suggestions for people, if you have any tips or if you'd like to share what you are doing to better prepare for the future, for what's kind of going down in this American economy or even in the economy where you're at in whatever country you're at, share down below. And I hope to catch you in the next video. Take care.