
Nation Discovers Economy Is Just Three Landlords in a Trench Coat Guarding a Permit Office
America keeps asking why everything costs so much, and the answer keeps hiding behind zoning boards, corporate markups, tariff math, college debt, and regulatory paperwork thick enough to stop a forklift. This satirical dive looks at how the cost of living became a national obstacle course, why ordinary people keep losing ground, and what it would actually take to make the system work again.