https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/americans-monthly-debt-payments-surge-since-pandemic HYPERLINK has full article snip The average amount Americans shell out just to cover their debt payments has surged by $350 per month over a handful of years, with high prices, swelling balances and sky-high interest payments all contributing to the jump................... "These numbers are really high, but for many Americans, the reality is likely even worse," he said. "That's because when it comes to credit cards, the calculations in our report only include minimum payments. The vast majority of credit cardholders pay well more than the minimum each month, so it's likely that most Americans are paying significantly more than what we list in the report." end snip More sobering news. The reality is the avg folks are worse today than 4 years ago. We need to unshackle private industry for a while. Then, once things improve, the Democrat party can try more experiments in harming the nation.