Americans
12 statements across 10 episodes · 1 bullish · 5 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement May 21, 2024 by Arthur Brooks · across every show →
Everything said about Americans, oldest first
May 21, 2024 negative
May 21, 2024 neutral
Jun 11, 2024
Oct 15, 2024
Sanchez: Only 0.4% of US business owners reach eight-figure revenue
“Only three percent of Americans own a business, that of the three percent that own a business, only 10% will ever hit a million dollars, that of the, those that hit ten million, that's .4%. So .4% of the three percent ever get to eight figures.”
Oct 22, 2024 negative
May 7, 2025 positive
May 21, 2025 negative
Jun 23, 2025 neutral
Oct 9, 2025
Feb 27, 2026 negative
Sanchez: 62% of Americans and 36% Earning Over $200k Live Paycheck to Paycheck
“62% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. A couple that astounded me though was that 50% of Americans earning over a hundred K also do. And 36% of Americans earning over 200,000 annually say they're also living paycheck to paycheck, which kind of shocked me.”
Jul 13, 2026 neutral
Hammer: Only education, housing, and healthcare increased as US income shares
“School, housing, healthcare. Some of the, it's like the three, only three categories that has gone up as a percentage of our income as Americans over the past hundred years or so. Everything else has gone down. Even groceries, even going out to eat has gone do…”