Very good questions: How to indicate is Americans are happy and better off?
Maybe by watching TV , Programs from CNN, NBC , OPB and many others garbage propaganda machine paid by the federal government of USA?
Half of American do want to believe that Federal government propaganda machine is correct and other half do not.
This is foundation to split USA into 2 countries, or go with confederation type of government.
I think that the indicators if Americans doing better and better off is: family creations; no divorces of marriages ; more children born.
As a today all my indicators in the USA pointing in apposite directions.
Search on Internet: between year 2012 and year 2023 USA lost 1 000 000, population 18 years and younger.
Not enough children born in USA, USA is depopulating.
Why less a less children born in the USA?
Because Americans can not effort to have children. Yes NO?
What to do?
Need write new main law , new constitution for USA. New USA constitution must be written on the counties level. USA has 3 143 counties, so we need to have 3 143 constitutions.
Better to have 3 143 consensus which reflects USA general population than one conclusion under which USA depopulating.
What do you think?