$937 Breakfast and the Vanishing Dollar

I read something yesterday that stopped me cold.

A dad took his two kids and two other family members to a Disneyland Princess Breakfast. One of those character dining experiences where your little one gets to meet Cinderella, eat sparkly pancakes, and live out a dream.

The bill? $937.65.

That wasn’t for a weekend. That wasn’t for a hotel.

That was just breakfast.

Yes, it included a tip and a bit of magic. But it was still eggs, syrup, and a memory, the kind of memory that used to cost a couple hundred dollars, not a thousand bucks.

And it got me thinking: what the hell happened to money?

It’s Not Disney, It’s the Dollar

Most people look at a receipt like that and think, “Wow, Disney’s out of control.”

But here’s the truth most miss: It’s not just that Disney got expensive. It’s because the dollar got weak.

We’ve normalized a slow-motion currency collapse. Quiet. Steady. Deadly.

This is about erosion. You’re not buying more, you’re just paying more with money that buys less.

Most people don’t see it until something shocks them, like a breakfast bill that used to be a car payment.

We joke about it. We post memes. But deep down, everyone feels the tension. That sinking feeling when your paycheck doesn’t stretch as far. When a normal outing feels indulgent. When you hesitate to celebrate.

That’s not normal. That’s currency decay.

We’re All Being Gaslit by the System

The Fed tells you inflation is cooling.

Your receipts say otherwise.

They say 3% inflation, but you’re living 30% inflation.

The government rolls over trillions in debt every year. Interest payments on that debt exceeded defense spending for the first time in this country’s history.

Meanwhile, politicians promise more programs without explaining how to pay for them.

We’re not in a stable system but in a slow bleed. A structural unraveling disguised as economic stability.

The Fed suppresses borrowing costs, inflates assets, and quietly taxes you through lost purchasing power to keep it going. They make the rich richer while telling you it’s “transitory.”

Just look at housing.

In 1985, the median home in America cost $82,800. Today, it’s over $420,000. That’s a 400% price surge, but wages haven’t kept up. In 1985, the median home was about 3.5 times more expensive than the median household income. Today it’s 6.3 times more expensive.

Owning an asset became a lottery ticket. Renting became a treadmill. And millions missed the window.

This is how middle-class families get squeezed while being told everything is fine.

The Disneyland dad didn’t make a mistake. He didn’t get scammed. He just ran into the harsh math of modern money.

He bought into the illusion. And then he got the bill.

The New Cost of Normal

It’s not that people are living beyond their means.

It’s that the definition of 'means' has been quietly rewritten.

What used to cover groceries, gas, school supplies, and a bit of joy now barely covers the essentials.

Families haven’t changed their lifestyles; they’ve been forced into a corner by numbers that no longer make sense. Paychecks haven’t shrunk, but their buying power has.

Stability hasn’t vanished, but it’s been priced out of reach. People are still budgeting, hustling, and trying to do everything right, but they’re coming up short.

The cost of “normal” has skyrocketed, and nobody adjusted their income to match.

We used to call things like this a splurge. A rare, special occasion.

But now, everything costs like a splurge.

A weeknight dinner out, a trip to the movies, even grabbing takeout after a long day feels like a financial indulgence.

So even small joys get deferred. People feel guilty for wanting to celebrate anything, like joy is something they haven’t earned in an unforgiving economy.

Worse, the guilt isn’t about waste—it’s about fear. Fear that one moment of joy might mean you can’t cover the next emergency.

Parents are cutting back on dentist appointments, families are skipping summer trips, and birthdays are becoming potlucks instead of outings—not because they want to, but because they have to.

And the people who do spend often do it in silence, ashamed to talk about how much things cost now and afraid to sound ungrateful.

This is how economic erosion becomes psychological erosion.

The worst part? The system is doing precisely what it was designed to do:

• Reward asset holders

• Punish savers

• Mask the damage with soft language and selective statistics

• Shift blame onto you while quietly pulling the rug

Why the Wealthy Are Opting Out

It’s not paranoia. It’s pattern recognition.

Wealthy people are buying differently.

They’re locking in land, infrastructure, energy, and yield-producing assets.

They’re moving away from things that can be inflated and into things that can’t be printed.

They know the game. They’re not playing defense. They’re building moats.

We’re doing the same here at Moonshot Minute.

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These aren’t speculative plays. They’re necessities. And we’re turning to them as the dollar loses its grip because here’s the truth.

I’m obsessed with preserving and protecting my purchasing power because protection isn’t paranoia. It’s preparation.

I’ve worked too hard for too long to let the system rob me while telling me everything is fine.

What That Breakfast Really Meant

That $937 breakfast isn’t just about pancakes.

It’s a mirror.

It shows us what the dollar has become: a shadow of what it once was.

You’re not crazy for feeling like everything’s more expensive.

It is.

Not because things are better, but because the measuring stick is broken.

And no one told you the rules had changed.

But they did. Quietly. Without permission. Without fanfare.

Now it’s up to you to respond.

Start measuring your wealth in ownership, yield, and sovereignty.

Because they can print money.

But they can’t print freedom.

They can inflate costs.

But they can’t inflate truth.

Double D

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