The US is 5th in the ranking of median income adjusted to PPP.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_income
> Americans do not live the lives of grinding poverty you imagine.
Some people in the US might live well-off, but more than 10% of its population struggles below the official poverty rate.
https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2020/demo/p60-27...
Over 40% of the US population isn't even capable of supporting an emergency 400$ expense.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/10-americans-struggle-cover-400-em...
I suggest you try to take a look outside your bubble to learn how a high percentage of the US population struggles with poverty on a good day.