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Record high US oil production https://www.vox.com/climate/24098983/biden-oil-production-climate-fossil-fuel-renewables
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Record number of people living in poverty (12.4%!) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/12/us-poverty-rate-2022-increase/70775443007/
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31% of Americans report a net worth of $0 or less https://www.creditkarma.com/about/commentary/americans-have-a-net-worth-problem-and-its-not-positive
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There are 653,100 homeless people (2023 figure) https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2023-AHAR-Part-1.pdf
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More than 25% of homeowners are ‘house poor’ https://www.chamberofcommerce.org/cities-with-the-most-house-poor-homeowners/
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Housing costs are at record level of unaffordability https://www.habitat.org/costofhome/2023-state-nations-housing-report-lack-affordable-housing
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Utility costs have skyrocketed https://www.utilitydive.com/news/electricity-prices-inflation-consumer-price-index/640656/
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Food costs have skyrocketed https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/3887742-how-expensive-are-groceries-in-2023-these-5-graphs-show-prices-skyrocket/
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Credit card debt in the US is at a record $1.13 trillion https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc.html
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41% of Americans have medical or dental debt https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/