Prices are rising for many Americans, with 65% of consumers saying the increases are outpacing their income, according to a J.D. Power survey of 4,000 U.S. adults conducted in February 2026.
Recent inflation data adds to that pressure, with the annual rate rising from 2.4% in February to 3.3% in March, according to consumer price index data released Friday. The increase was driven largely by a surge in energy costs as gasoline prices spiked amid the Iran war. Gasoline prices rose 21.2% in March, accounting for nearly three-quarters of the overall increase, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
If it makes you feel better, you made a few pedos really really rich.
I was told that if I voted for Harris there would be inflation and high gas prices, the government would be filled with pedophiles and sexual predators, and there would be war in the Middle East (WWIII even), and it would be the demise of America’s standing in the world.
So, I’m sorry. Because I voted for Harris anyways.
My bad.
And Children, entertainment, travel, housing, Healthcare… We are cutting back on every fucking thing
“Why aren’t people reproducing anymore!”
Even when large segments of the population straight-up tell politicians in simple and direct language, they willfully ignore what people are saying.
they know but the narrative needs to be maintained
for now
Except war.
IMHO America has way more Inflation than the Offical Figures.
Because the Official Inflation is matemathically related to the Official GDP (which is the Real GDP, calculated from the Nominal - in USD - GDP by deflating it using the Inflation rate, so more inflation means less GDP), it’s a Politically Important number, complex to determine, with a lot of room for rigging (just change the composition of the “basket” used to calculate it, plus there’s a big difference between including or not Housing costs), generally considered good if small and gets less focus than GDP (GDP Growth is widelly paraded by ruling politicians as a measure of their success, Inflation much less so), so I suspect the political pressure to make Official Inflation figures small is HUGE.
As far as I can tell that official figure has been heavilly rigged for quite a while (though I expect that in Trump’s America it’s worse), hence why the blue collar worker salary which could pay for a house, a car and all the expenses of family of 5 by itself back in the 60s and which according to Inflation has around the same real value as a blue collar worker salary nowadays, can’t pay for anywhere close to that anymore.
(By the way, this is not just a problem in America - you can see the same in Europe - it’s just that judging by the growth in housing costs, food prices and salaries in certain areas, America seems to have had way more inflation since 2008 than Europe).
Oh wow. I cut back on groceries, ride shares and alcohol during the first Trump presidency too. Suffering does come in cycles.
I cut out almost everything last year. No streaming, I use Tubi for free. Cut Spotify, using Radio Garden to listen to music for free. Deleted my Amazon account, including Kindle Unlimited. I read a lot so that one was harder to ditch, but now use the library for free. Cut out almost all spending except for groceries, but no junk food, alcohol (I miss beer 😞 but $12 for a six-pack is too much) or soda. I miss that stuff but I’m old enough I grew up without online subscriptions and I can live without all that. No unneeded driving, I save my errands up and do them all in one go. It kinda sucks, not going to lie. But I can’t afford to live and still let myself get nickle-and-dimed to death.
I once read that not being able to make enough money to buy food is when a revolutionary happens. It’s the final straw that people can no longer ignore. It has to happen on a national level.
The problem is that like 20% of these people blame Biden or Democrats.
I don’t necessarily think that’s a problem. A revolution wouldn’t end up with a new Obama or Clinton. Ideally it would end up destroying capitalism and saving humanity.
Snowflakes.
Have you thought about dow jones? Just bear some pain now so
youbillionaires can berichgods in the future.Escape will make me god
All hail to the glory of the shareholder value!
Stop complaining, enjoy being part of something bigger than you. And wealthier. And happier. And…
I’m lucky that I have supportive parents otherwise I’d be struggling to survive right now
its a thing for asian families, including indians,etc. but not caucasian westerners where the propaganda tells them to be independent without significant finances in thier banks. some people are well off enough they can afford to live on thier own as soon as possible, or dare i say it, in a low cost red state.
So much winning…
At this rate they really will start eating the cats and dogs.
And they’re cutting back on alcohol because now they can distill their own.
I’m spending my savings on alcohol!
Better spend it on ammo instead the rate that things are going.
I’ve got enough ammo to get started.
Credit card go brrrrrr
Who needs a 401k when you can down a 12 pack a day!
It’s hard to imagine a future where my 401k is worth enough to support me. In the meantime, the horrors of the world are driving me to increase my alcohol intake.
My 401k would only ever be a supplement to Social Security. Fortunately the ruling party would never even dream of abolishing that.
/s of course. They used to say Social Security was the third rail of American politics – soon it will be the third leg.
Make your own Alcohol now that it’s apparently legal to home distill. Just don’t forget to dispose of the heads and the tails.
I heard you can turn that part into degreaser?
Yeah, I don’t see why not. It’s mostly methanol
I find the alcohol part hard to believe.
I quit alcohol during the 2016 election.
It was either a huge mistake or it saved my life. Probably both.
I cut alcohol during the peak of COVID and haven’t looked back.
