Lower-income workers were the chief beneficiaries of Biden policies and the general economic environment in recent years. Those earning an average of $12.50 an hour recorded a gain of 6% after inflation from 2020 through 2022, Politico’s Victoria Guida reports.

This may seem like a paradox, but the better off people are the less likely they are to appreciate it. Meanwhile, Republicans have escalated their war on progress to keep people living in bitterness and resentment which blinds people to the reality of them being better off.