I’m sure that Wall Street is doing OK. As a group, they have the muscle and the capital & know-how to survive. But you’re going to have to work harder than that to show me that Main Street capitalists aren’t suffering dearly.
I figured out recently that my parent’s house, with 60 acres, cost 110% of Dad’s annual salary. My house, with .25 acre, in a VERY modest neighborhood, cost 180% of my annual income and I make twice what my father earned. I’d say things are getting worse, not better.
Also, I have double my salary in the past five years and still have only a couple hundred dollars at the end of each month- rather than thousands. Food prices are up, energy prices up, income stagnant, companies closing.. etc. etc.