(Epic Economist)—Do you know that 80% of households with older adults are not only struggling financially today but are at risk of falling into economic insecurity as they age?
However, the trend is still worsening over time. About 90% of these older adults have seen a decrease in their income, which puts the retirement crisis at a high rate. But the question remains: what is the solution to this retirement crisis? How do we manage it?
The U.S. retirement system has not only become more of a savings system but less of an income system. And this has resulted in a big risk! Workers will outlive their savings.
But here is the truth: The majority of older households that are approaching retirement simply are not financially prepared.
The most important measure that shows you are financially ready is your ability to replace working income after you retire. But that is far from what most Americans do because they hardly maintain their standard of living.
As a rule of thumb, most people will need to replace at least 70% of their wage income in retirement. Notwithstanding, those who have not been able to save much for retirement will depend solely on Social Security, which will typically replace only about 40% of pre-retirement income.
Independent Journalism Is Dying
Ever since President Trump’s miraculous victory, we’ve heard an incessant drumbeat about how legacy media is dying. This is true. The people have awakened to the reality that they’re being lied to by the self-proclaimed “Arbiters of Truth” for the sake of political expediency, corporate self-protection, and globalist ambitions.
But even as independent journalism rises to fill the void left by legacy media, there is still a huge challenge. Those at the top of independent media like Joe Rogan, Dan Bongino, and Tucker Carlson are thriving and rightly so. They have earned their audience and the financial rewards that come from it. They’ve taken risks and worked hard to get to where they are.
For “the rest of us,” legacy media and their proxies are making it exceptionally difficult to survive, let alone thrive. They still have a stranglehold over the “fact checkers” who have a dramatic impact on readership and viewership. YouTube, Facebook, and Google still stifle us. The freer speech platforms like Rumble and 𝕏 can only reward so many of their popular content creators. For independent journalists on the outside looking in, our only recourse is to rely on affiliates and sponsors.
But even as it seems nearly impossible to make a living, there are blessings that should not be disregarded. By highlighting strong sponsors who share our America First worldview, we have been able to make lifelong connections and even a bit of revenue to help us along. This is why we enjoy symbiotic relationships with companies like MyPillow, Jase Medical, and Promised Grounds. We help them with our recommendations and they reward us with money when our audience buys from them.
The same can be said about our preparedness sponsor, Prepper All-Naturals. Their long-term storage beef has a 25-year shelf life and is made with one ingredient: All-American Beef.
Even our faith-driven precious metals sponsor helps us tremendously while also helping Americans protect their life’s savings. We are blessed to work with them.
Independent media is the future. In many ways, that future is already here. While the phrase, “the more the merrier,” does not apply to this business because there are still some bad actors in the independent media field, there are many great ones that do not get nearly enough attention. We hope to change that one content creator at a time.
Thank you and God Bless,
JD Rucker
