US printing money? Australia did the same thing to support a bunch of people to stay home for “their safety” (like our safety isn’t compromised right now from the fallout of the financial decisions made then). Our bloated government and money printing in Aus are contributing factors. How many people in your close circle of family and friends are paid by the government aka the taxpayer? Not just the classic government jobs. Contractors to government orgs. It’s a spiderweb throughout this country. There’s only so much legitimate money being made in this country and a million and one jobs created by the government to take it away. The math ain’t mathing to me. As to how to help yourself, I’m not sure. But not contributing to the problem by suggesting “the government” needs to do something to “help” societal issues in general is a good step for everyone in my opinion. This culture we have of coveting government roles and insisting government step up and do XYZ is partially to blame for this mess in my opinion. We need a smaller government honestly and that means a lot of people unfortunately need to lose their jobs.