Well you’re doing better than the majority. Don’t get me started on taxes either. We make in excess of 6 figures a year, not wealthy or rich, and we barely get by. It’s been an expensive administration with their policies for sure. Everything is more expensive.
I went all in on climbing the corp ladder about 15 years ago and every promotion, 80-90% of my after tax increase has gone to saving/investing. And I’ve fortunately achieved a level I would have never dreamed even 5 years ago. I can’t imagine for non executives at this point. Trump deserves a lot of the current inflation blame too - shutdowns, stopping student loan payments, stimulus checks, money for everyone, etc. At least he got the judges right