It will “reset” the American financial system in ways you can’t imagine—and it will be a national nightmare…
Dear Fellow American,
Do you ever feel—despite the supposed economic “recovery” of recent years—that something in America is still not quite right?
If so, you are not alone.
After all, how can things be “OK” when nearly half the men ages 18-34 now live with their parents—the highest level since the Great Depression?
How can it be “normal” when in one of America’s richest cities (Seattle) there are now 400 unauthorized homeless camps under bridges and along freeway medians?
How can it be a “recovery” when 78% of the U.S. population now lives paycheck to paycheck, with essentially zero savings?
How can you explain things like the dramatic rise of the militant left-wing group ‘Antifa’… the resurgence of White Supremacists… and the booming popularity of the Democratic Socialists—they’ve doubled membership in recent months.
Sure, some people—CEOs, tech entrepreneurs, and other members of the “1%”—are doing great. There’s never been a better time for wealthy Americans. But the truth is, for most people, the situation is getting much, much worse.
Today I want to share a few facts our politicians are afraid to tell you—including the secret reason why working class Americans have gotten dramatically poorer over the past 40 years.
I’ve never seen this information published anywhere else. It’s a secret that explains why the rich are really getting so much richer—while everyone else is falling behind.
Once you understand this secret, you’ll see why, for millions of Americans, a crisis is coming.
I’m talking about a political event unlike anything we’ve seen in our country in nearly 50 years.
It will “reset” the financial system in ways most Americans can’t imagine—and for most, it will be a national nightmare.
This secret I’m going to share with you protects the very rich and powerful. So they’ll never reveal it.
But I’m going to explain it as clearly and simply as possible right now…
Why are so many Americans so angry?
Hi, my name is Porter Stansberry.
You may not know me, but nearly 20 years ago, I started a financial research and education business called Stansberry Research.
Today we have offices in the U.S., Hong Kong, and Singapore. We serve more than half a million paid customers in virtually every country (172 at last count). We have nearly 500 employees, including dozens of financial analysts, corporate attorneys, accountants, technology experts, former hedge fund managers, and even a medical doctor.
But what really sets us apart in the financial industry is our independence. We don’t accept advertising. And we don’t manage money.
So we’re not hamstrung like major newspapers who can’t offend advertisers. And we’re not beholden to politicians for financial licenses. We operate under the protection of the First Amendment—so we can afford to be brutally honest about whatever is most important to our subscribers.
Today I’m contacting you with a serious warning: We’ve hit a serious tipping point in America.
Our nation, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, has become a financial, cultural, and demographic pressure cooker.
You’ve seen it in the riots and protests in Charlottesville, Ferguson, Milwaukee, and Baltimore.
VP Mike Pence walked out of this NFL game. What are these protests really about? And what’s coming next? The answers are below…
You’ve seen it in mass shootings… the attacks on college campuses… the arguments about immigration… and the refusal of NFL players to stand for the national anthem.
These uprisings and protests may be nominally about race.
Or Donald Trump. Or police brutality.
But what they’re really about, underneath it all, is money… and hopelessness.
Now, you might hear the mainstream press and politicians talking about “wealth inequality” when referencing our country’s social problems and political polarization.
But what they don’t tell you is that the growing disparity between rich and poor in America is a symptom of our problem… not the root cause.
Yes, today the richest 10% of America owns 75% of the nation’s wealth… a level we have not seen since the 1930s. Just look at the chart below…
Income Share of the Richest 10%
So what’s the real problem then?
Well, it isn’t that a small number of Americans have done well. The real problem is how they’ve done well. And I’m going to explain this secret to you in just a minute: How the tremendous gains in wealth for the few have come directly at the expense of most working-class folks.
This is what’s driving the anger, the radical politics, and the growing racism in our society.
You see, while the rich are getting richer, everyone else is losing ground. Look at this chart, which shows how for most Americans, real wages have been stagnant or falling for decades…
Most Americans are Getting Poorer:Cumulative change in real wages, by wage percentile
Source: Economic Policy Institute.
The middle class—the most politically and economically stable part of our society—is disappearing.
The foundation of the middle class in America was a long history of consistently rising wages. For millions of Americans, life got a little better, year after year, as the value of their wages increased and our economy grew into the world’s largest.
But this is no longer happening. Low income earners now make LESS in real terms than they did in 1980! And middle income earners make just 6% more than they made back in 1980. That’s an increase of just 0.00172% a year!
Can you imagine your boss telling you for 34 straight years that you’re never getting more than a 0.00172% raise each year?
No wonder people are so angry and stressed.
They’ve been going to work, year after year, but instead of earning more over time, they’ve actually been earning less, in terms of what their wages can buy.
Despite the boom in the U.S. economy and financial assets over the past 30 years—which boosted the wealth and incomes of the wealthiest Americans like never before—average Americans are actually worse off than they were decades ago.
And so, they’ve been forced to borrow more and more money simply to keep up.
You can see that in the data—and I’ll show it to you below.
But I bet you don’t even need to see the data. Just think about your friends and people you know, and how much more debt these folks have to take on, just to keep their heads above water.
It used to be that most Americans didn’t hold debt, outside of a mortgage on their first home. But after almost 40 years of declining real wages, Americans now have to go into serious amounts of debt for just about everything they buy.
Americans now have more than $1.5 trillion in college debt, for example. Look at this incredible chart…
The Incredible Rise of Student Loan Debt in America
Source: Federal Reserve.
And it’s not just college loans that have soared.
Americans also have more than $1 trillion in credit card debt, and more than $1 trillion in auto loan debt—all record highs.
It’s gotten so bad, 73% of Americans now die with debt… with an average total of more than $60,000!
Being in debt is an incredibly stressful way to live. You’re in a hole and there is simply no way out. So it’s no surprise that deaths by drugs and poisoning for the bottom 60% of American’s population have doubled since the year 2000… and suicide rates have doubled as well over the same period.
This is incredibly sad—and it’s unfathomable that this is happening in the greatest country on earth.
Unfortunately, the problem is going to get much, much worse.
You see, tens of millions of people in America are desperate. They have no way out. And sooner or later this hopelessness and desperation are going to lead to violent and radical politics.
And this enormous political powder keg is leading to THE biggest political event our country has seen in decades. I’ll explain exactly what’s going to play out in just a second.
But first, like I promised above…
I want to explain the secret reason why investors and the rich have become so much richer… while so many Americans have become trapped in a cycle of poverty…
The truth about America’s wealth gap
The underlying economic problem in America today is that money no longer flows to everyone equally in the way that it used to.
That much is obvious, right? As our country has gotten richer than ever… the income disparity widens every year.
But most Americans don’t understand why this is happening.
And here’s the secret:
The real underlying cause of our wealth and income disparity in America is that wages are no longer connected to gains in productivity.
I know that sounds like economic doublespeak, but please stick with me…
If you can grasp this concept, you will be way ahead of 99% of the population, and it will help you make a heck of a lot of money and avoid enormous losses.
So let me explain what it means. It’s not complicated…
You see, back in the early part of the 20th century, economic gains were shared by both owners and workers.
Ford—and his employees—got rich boosting productivity. A new book by Porter Stansberry explains why only corporate executives get rich today.
Think about Henry Ford.
He got rich making the automobile affordable with the assembly line—a huge increase in productivity. And these gains in productivity flowed directly to Ford’s employees. Ford made headlines across the nation when he more than doubled his minimum pay, overnight, in 1914.
But that doesn’t happen anymore. Real wages have declined for most Americans, despite huge gains in productivity over the last several decades.
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