Affordability and Layoffs: The Twin Wrecking Balls of the American Economy in 2025

The American Middle Class Is Being Systematically Dismantled 2025 will go down as the year the façade of American prosperity cracked wide open. Two words defined the nation’s crumbling economic landscape: “affordability” and “layoffs.” And no — this isn’t a cyclical downturn. It’s the predictable consequence of decades of inflationary monetary policy, unchecked fiscal gluttony, and a corporate class more loyal to AI efficiency than to American workers. Inflation Is Not a Glitch — It’s a Feature of a Broken System Since the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve has flooded the economy with cheap credit, printing trillions into existence while pretending inflation was “transitory.” That illusion shattered in the wake of pandemic-era stimulus and supply chain collapse. Now Americans…