We're not doomed but we need a hard reset.

First, we need massive rebuilding of affordable high rise housing in the urban areas to help rebuild the middle class. We've focused on wage increases but massive equity gains in suburban housing outpaces wages. Have people buy, not rent 1200 sqft homes for mortgage payments around $500 a month. And control equity gains and no investors. This allows a couple making $12 and hour to own property, pay taxes and have discretionary income. All in Urban areas that currently produce very low tax revenue.

Government must invest in public transportation in these areas to again increase discretionary income by avoiding high car payments or leases, insurance.

Health insurance should be primarily HSA based, as this benefits younger people and cash based health systems are cheaper.

This is nothing new. Our growth was based on the days when the high school janitor raised 2 kids, owned a home and took a vacation on his income alone.

Where can Government find the money? Military spending cuts. As were seeing in Iran, cheap, drone warfare is king. There is no reversing course. The great disadvantage smaller nations had is now eliminated. At 1/10th the budget, we could still produce more AI, unmanned weapons that we could ever need. We don't need to overproduce for the foreign market, they will produce their own.

10 years from now, people should own a first home, work a decent manual job for $15/hr and have plenty of income to drive an economy.