> Cost of education went up If you need high education, you just take credit, and pay for it with your salary which is much higher than it was 30 years ago. A

> Cost of education went up If you need high education, you just take credit, and pay for it with your salary which is much higher than it was 30 years ago. And if you think that you won't be able to pay for credit because it's not possible to find a decent job with liberal arts degree, then probably you don't need that education. > Cost of housing went up I suspect that's because construction workers are paid well now. So instead of studying classical literature in high school, maybe study bricklaying. > Cost of healthcare went up This is the issue, but "taxing the rich" won't solve it. It need to be properly regulated. The fact that insulin costs $100 has nothing to do with taxes for the rich people. > Income went down Seems like it is not true. There's a chart: inflation adjusted median household income. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N It goes up. > perception of paying 80% of my income to rent that's the problem Man, I don't know your situation. Sometimes people pay for something they shouldn't. Like buying a shiny new car while old car only need occasional repairs, or buying top new iphones while cheapest android is 1/10 of that. When I was young I rented a flat which costed me about 70% of income, while I could rent a room for 30% of my income, or a flat for 30% of income and two hours commute. But it didn't matter because I was young, and I would not do that now. If that's your case, you may need to reconsider your worldview. If it's not, than I don't really know your situation to comment on that.