Die Amerikaner sagen, dass ihr Einkommen mit den steigenden Preisen nicht mithalten könne – sie schränken den Einkauf von Lebensmitteln, Mitfahrgelegenheiten und Alkohol ein
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/04/10/americans-say-income-cant-keep-up-with-prices.html
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Living the russian life I guess.
And in response, the GOP says: „Let’s splurge on war crimes and ballrooms and on supporting the new KKK!“
It’s reached a point where middle class feels more like a subscription service we can no longer afford. When people are forced to choose between a basic grocery run and a night out, it’s a clear sign that the cooling inflation everyone keeps talking about hasn’t actually hit the checkout line yet.
It’s not even just the prices themselves anymore it’s that the gouging and greed is so blatant that i won’t pay that much on principal even though i can afford it. and I think many people have adjusted to alternatives or just doing without. The greed in this country is just relentless, rapacious.
With all this batshit civilization ending talk. Alcohol budget shall not be questioned. EVER
Do you know how bad it has to get for people to stop drinking? Like most economic struggles cause Alcohol’s value to actually increase.
Good think we can make our own liquor now….
[US court strikes down 158-year-old home distilling ban](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/us-court-strikes-down-158-year-old-home-distilling-ban/ar-AA20EN1l)
Alcohol is how I’m making through the neverending shitshow that is Trump and Republican control of the US government.
What the fuck do you want me to do if I can’t drink? Meditation? Yoga? *Therapy?*
Pretty much everyone I know is making the most money in their life, but has the same financial flexibility like it’s their first internship at 19.
Shit ain’t right.
Also happened under Reagan, that’s when mothers had to return to work full time, to put food on the table and to make ends meet. Yet, the middle class still votes republican. Why?
Been doing a lot more small business buying lately especially for sweet treats. Also things I usually get on Amazon I am buying directly from the MFG. Feels a bit better so if I am going to pay rather do it this way.
corporations get to raise their prices and all is well with inflation…yet, workers get to swallow the increase and have to live with less…something about this does not compute
Seems like most people I know, including myself, have cut out alcohol completely. It’s pointless to consume an expensive, poisonous liquid (which also makes you age like shit) when you can barely afford food.
Just paid a smidge over 100$ for one person for the week in groceries: meat being the biggest cost, any cleaning element (body or apartment) also up there. I’m going for deals, but still it’s a lot more than what I used to pay a few years ago. A week’s worth was around 50-60 at most and that’s including detergent or toothpaste or whatever extra needed.
Alcohol and soda have been cut out of our budget at home. More recently we have also started to really start planning out our meals to make things like chicken work for multiple meals etc… It’s healthier overall but eventually there won’t be much left to cut.
But look how Trump’s friends got rich from the Iran oil war. These poor people should have put millions in the stock market like the smart people.
I am seeing significantly more people commuting by bike and e-bikes. The cost of owning a car is just not possible anymore for the poor. Not just the gas but insurance, maintenance, and the ridiculous cost of used cars is driving more and more people to reconsider owning one. The cost of a ebike is around 5 cents a mile and most car trips are under 10 miles it just makes common sense.
Got rid of my car. I finally concluded that a car was a luxury I just couldn’t afford anymore. I can deal with the inconvenience of a bicycle/public transportation. That doesn’t affect my bank account like having a car. At least my head is above water now.
I don’t remember the last fast food I bought, maybe in 2021. At first the prices weren’t that much higher, but quality/quantity were compromised. Now prices are crazy and quality/quantity is even less.
I went out to eat in February, 6 weeks ago, Indian. It was good for the price ($35 with app and meal, no drink). Before then, the last time I ate out was in October. It was just a supper club, was very meh and not worth $40
I buy/eat about 1# beef every 2 weeks, usually stretched as a soup or stew, often with beans and rice.
I love Kashi and Catalina Crunch cereal, but now I eat generic Shredded Wheat.
I have pretty much stopped attending events like sports, theater, music. It’s all outrageous.
I rarely visit family anymore and they rarely visit me. Airfare, car rental, hotels, all expensive and unfriendly. Hotels especially suck.
So much more. These are just the main things. It’s been a bad decade.
And the largest gas price raise ( by %) since 1967!
Don’t know what happened then, but read that somewhere!
It was eye-opening doing this year’s taxes. It was my first full year getting my Army pension and working full-time for shitty pay while I finish my degree. Month to month it seemed more of a squeeze to get to the next paycheck vs 2 years ago when I was full time military. I had guesstimated that we were earning about $6,000 less annually. It turns out we made $2,000 more. It really doesn’t go as far.
Can’t afford shit with a $300 gas bill and $200 electric bill every month
Who woulda thought that voting in a deranged rich senile moron would lead to this. I mean beyond anyone with a slightly functioning brain which sadly is in short supply in the US.
“We’re mad at these prices going up, but that’s why we must keep voting Republican” -My parents
Dos XX beer at my local grocery store (HEB) has gone from $20 per 24 pack of 12 oz cans, to literally $29.19 a 24 pack in a matter of a month.
While it is imported beer, it’s coming from a brewery less than 500 miles away.
Everything is about to go through the roof. Beer should not be going up this quickly, demand isn’t there. It isn’t even summer yet or Cinco de Mayo where sometimes the price will temporarily go up a dollar during high demand weekends.
Trust me I know this shit I been buying Dos XX packs almost daily for years now. I know what it cost and this isn’t normal by any means.
Needless to say, I haven’t drank since the beginning of April, it’s not much but two weekends off now has been the most sober I been since the end of 2022.
Last study I read showed there’s a downward trend for alcohol consumption in younger ages between 18-30.
Less alcohol consumption seems to be the only positive thing going on in this hell we are living in.
People have been hurting for years. Years. We’ve been hearing about people who work full time and are still homeless. Vulture capitalism, artificial scarcity and planned obsolescence are the problem.
Richest country in world is also becoming poorest at the same time. Eventually we will either rise up or just flee to other countries. I don’t forsee too many more warehouse fires, so where would everybody flee to? Canada or Mexico?
The K-shaped economy has never been more clear… while Americans on the bottom are cutting spending and going without a lot of things, the ones at the top are spending more than ever, and companies are noticing that. Airlines are starting to pivot more and more of their model to serve the affluent, since they make way more money off them than from us poors. What remains to be seen is if the top 10% can sustain the entire economy while the rest disengage from it.
Defaults on car loans are the highest since the 2009 crash. Not a good sign.
I literally hurt living here. I was in Mexico for 9 years and moved back to help my parents die since they were old. I became a dad, and then a single dad. My health has suffered since the day I tricked here. I lost more than half of my savings, and my life is much worse than when I lived in Mexico. The greed in the United States is terrible, as is the lack of culture and lack of basic empathy. It’s so sad. I want to get my son out of here as quickly as I can but I feel myself becoming trapped financially.
My grocery bill this week hit $200. I didnt even buy anything wild or splurge on anything. This Iranian war has hit the grocery shelves already and inflation is through the roof again.
I can verify inflation through my grocery store app. 1.5 years ago my grocery bill was around 80-110. Then about 6-8 months ago I was steadily rising up to 120-150. Now it’s 170-200 now. Im about to just go on the Irish diet soon. Potatoes and nothing else.
Deodorant is 10$….10$!!! Bread is 7….gas is 7….no one can keep up and no one in the gov seems to care because they are rich.
I work for a grocery company. Think mid tier, with staffed delis and bakeries. We are struggling hard right now. To the point we may run into cash flow issues later this year.
Saw a thing recently where Doritos learned the hard was that the price/demand curve isn’t actually continuous in real life. They found out the hard way that if bags of Doritos are priced at $7, it’s not a smooth proportional decrease in sales (versus when they were $6.50 or something). It dropped to almost zero.
Turns out NO ONE wants $7 Doritos.
They were left with millions in unsold/returned inventory. Fuck around/find out.
I’ve been trying to cut back on everything. Trying to switch car insurance. Shipping around for different trash services. Not buying alcohol. Shopping at cheaper grocery stores. Not eating out. Eating cheaper smaller meals. Trying to find a better paying job. I’m thinking about installing my own solar panels because electricity costs have basically doubled. I make 65K/year and I’m still getting more and more credit card debt each month. I don’t understand how some people are getting by on even less. Something has got to give.