The health of the #economy🚨increasingly depends on rich people spending money.

That puts the US🚨in a fragile place bc consumer spending drives growth *relying on a smaller# of people to keep things afloat.

The chart illustrates what wonks call the K-shaped economy🚨-rich keep getting richer, poor: poorer.

59% of all #consumer #spending:🚨from top 20% of income earners. Only 41%: from bottom 80%.

#Kleptocracy #Oligarchs Inflation #Kakistocracy #Austerity #Protest USPol
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/22/jobs-stock-market-rich-americans