In Part 1 of “Why Are We Broke?”, we break down the real reasons why so many Americans  even those working full-time  are living paycheck to paycheck.

This isn’t about laziness. It’s not about bad budgeting.
 It’s about a system that stopped rewarding work  and started hoarding wealth at the top.

From the history of the federal minimum wage to the rise of corporate profiteering, this episode walks through how the rules were rewritten over the last 40 years to benefit billionaires, freeze wages, and blame the working class for struggling.

We’ll talk about:

• What the minimum wage was actually created for
• Why it hasn’t kept pace with inflation or productivity
• How corporations offload labor costs onto taxpayers
• And why defending billionaires is hurting the very people doing the work

This is the story of how the American economy got rigged from the top down  and what it will take to fix it.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything right and still falling behind  you’re not alone.

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