Why are Americans so gloomy about their great economy?

[Johnny2X2X]

46. And inflation isn't across the board either

Some items go down in price. If you're a home owner with a mortgage, you were locked into lower mortgage payments. If you didn't have to buy a car in the last few years you weren't affected by car prices. People only pay attention when some grocery items go up in price, but there are always some items going down in price too. And gorcery prices are basically flat the last year having risen only 1.7%, but that won't get any headlines.

Some people saw 70% raises (like me), others saw no raise at all. And when energy prices went down it didn't make the headlines like when they went up. So this Winter people are paying less to heat their homes than in the last few seasons and they don't even notice it. Where are the stories about people haviing more money this Winter because their homes are significantly cheaper to keep warm?

It's basically, there's no news unless there's bad news.

On average, Americans are doing better now than before the pandemic. Doesn't mean that everyone is, but it's something Dems need to talk about or no one else will. No matter how great the economy, there are always going to be people struggling, that doesn't mean you ignore all the good news. But overall, things haven't been as good as they are now in a long time.