Why are Americans so gloomy about their great economy?

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9. Steak or cheese at $19 a pound. Frozen dinners have doubled.

With a tip a meal at a cheap restaurant is nearly $20. A fast-food meal is over $10. I bought a new car 4 years
ago that stickered for $31000, the same model now is just under $40000. Now they are pushing EVs on us when there is not the infrastructure to support them. I take home $50 more on SS after Medicare and tax withholding. My electric bill went up 25%, Cable or satellite TV have gone up, internet increased. My garbage collector put a $6 surcharge on garbage pickup. Real estate prices seem like they have more than doubled. Most people have never experienced inflation unless they were around in the late 70s and that was even worse.