THE U.S. economy basically works like this:
Get paid $5,200.
Pay $2,200 in rent.
$650 for groceries.
$550 for the car, insurance and gas.
$450 for health care.
$350 for utilities and internet.
Then try to make the leftovers survive until payday.
And somewhere along the way, someone who bought a house for $95,000 in 1993 will explain that your real problem is netflix and coffee.
Vice President JD Vance talked BBQ while visiting Milbank Manufacturing in Kansas City, Mo., on Monday. He asked the crowd a very important question during his speech.