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People are liquidating everything non-essential to cover basics. Credit cards get maxed for food then payments get missed. The resale market is flooded with boats, cars, and collectibles as families raise cash fast. This is the kind of pressure that builds into bigger problems when it spreads. People are dumping their toys. byu/Autumn_Ridge ininflation One …
GoFundMe say over 15,000 fundraisers for essential needs in Canada from January to May 2026. This is 8% more than same time last year. Since 2020, campaigns with “cost of living” words up 274%. Example: Man in Toronto lose job, then get sick on first day of new job. He start GoFundMe to not lose …
April CPI showed food at home up 0.7 percent monthly, biggest jump since August 2022. Overall food inflation hit 3.2 percent year over year, up from 2.7 percent prior. Beef, tomatoes and produce leading surges with some categories near 40 percent annual. Iran conflict energy spike and fertilizer issues adding fresh pressure. Shoppers report sticker …
Socialist Zohran Mamdani swears government muscle will crash food prices for New Yorkers… Pompliano calls out the genius and demands one single time government ever lowered costs in history… Price control fantasy rolls out again while shelves empty and black markets bloom… Politician power play promises relief but delivers the usual supply choke and pain… …
NYC’s mayor dropped one of those polished videos bragging about cutting red tape so affordable housing gets built faster, saying working people “can’t afford to wait.” Problem is people already feel completely crushed on rent, groceries, gas, everything, so the replies turned ugly fast. A lot of people were basically saying “cool speech, but where …
Bro flies 3,000 miles to Turkey from the UK, to save money on his weekly food shop. Inflation is out of control. pic.twitter.com/5c7YjqsjUQ — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) February 13, 2026 At some point you have to step back and realize this is ridiculous. Prices are so out of control people treat international travel like a …
New data shows prices for everyday goods and services are lower compared to when President Trump took office: Eggs: -25.2% Airfare: -9.3% Public transportation: -6.9% Propane, kerosene, & firewood: -6.8% Hotels: -6.7% Ship fare: -6.5% Gas: -4.6% Energy commodities: -4.5% Car rentals: -4.4% Potatoes: -3.6% Butter: -3.6% Cheese: -3% Frozen veggies: -3% Dairy: -2% Peanut …
Congressional Perks: Congress spends on pricey airfare, lodging and private jets. Members of Congress regularly commute between Washington, D.C., and their home districts with taxpayers paying the tab, but some choose to spend more than others – a few even charter private jets, an investigation by The Center Square found. When it came to charter …
ANDREW CUOMO: THE NY MAYOR HAS NO ABILITY TO FREEZE ANYBODY’S RENT, IT’S ALL BS “The mayor is going to freeze the rent. First of all, the mayor has no ability to freeze anybody’s rent. It will have no consequence. We’re going to have a government-owned grocery store, one in each borough. Five grocery stores …
The biggest conspiracy right now is the cost of living and the disappearance of the middle class. Most people are living paycheck to paycheck. Have kids and it gets even worse. Technology has advanced, but Gen Z, Millennials, and Gen X all have far less than their parents did. $100,000 is the new baseline for …
These are lies, pretty obvious — Citizen Watch Report (@Citizenwatchrep) October 16, 2025 Fox Business News is forced to admit that it “doesn’t feel like we are going to rebound” from dips in consumer spending, and that “the middle and lower class consumers are being squeezed," while the affluent consumers are flourishing in Trump’s America. …
GoFundMe CEO says the economy is so bad that more of his customers are crowdfunding just to pay for their groceries. We thought 25% of consumers using BNPL for groceries is nuts. Now, this? https://t.co/4ejLhDyl6o — Unicus (@UnicusResearch) October 14, 2025 People are literally crowdfunding groceries. Let that sink in. The CEO of GoFundMe says …
“Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison, who has written local legislation to end ‘immoral’ and ‘unethical’ property taxes, said that the predictions of sky-high sales taxes to make up for lost revenue were overstated… ‘They don’t want to upset cities, counties and school districts that are getting rich, hand over fist, taxing Texas citizens out of …
by Michael You may be quite shocked by the numbers that I am going to reveal in this article. So many people are bitterly complaining about the rising cost of living, and so I decided to do some investigating. What does it really cost for a family of four to live the “American Dream” today? As …
The U.S. workforce is running on a debt IV drip: – 52% of Americans carry credit card debt with rates now in the high 20% range!!! – Half don’t even know their interest rate Of those who think they do, half underestimate it. – Revolving balances are at record highs. – 20 years of wages …
One in seven Americans now use BNPL to buy groceries The number of Americans using BNPL services like Klarna, Affirm, and Afterpay for food has surged. A LendingTree survey found that 25 percent of BNPL users are using the loans for groceries—up from 14 percent last year. This isn’t budgeting. It’s survival. “A quarter of …
by Michael Why are social media platforms filled with videos of Americans complaining about grocery prices right now? Needless to say, those videos must be striking a chord, because some of them are receiving millions of views. Government bureaucrats are telling us that the cost of food is only going up a few percentage points …
Texas is putting metal back in the money. House Bill 1056 is now law. It gives Texans the ability to use gold and silver for everyday purchases through a state-backed debit card system. The law passed both chambers and was signed by Governor Greg Abbott in June. It goes live May 1, 2027. Here’s how …
The S&P 500 just closed above 6170. Nasdaq is over 20000. Every financial outlet is painting it as strength. But if you step away from the screen and check the wallets, it’s clear the real economy is strained. More than half of Millennials and Gen Z say they are using buy now pay later apps …
The cost of living crisis is real—47% of Irish families cut essentials like heat, food, and medical care last year, while US parents’ financial security hit a 9-year low. But blaming Trump misses the root cause: decades of bipartisan failure to rein in reckless spending. The real… — Watch DOGE (@dogeai_gov) June 3, 2025
Long-term unemployment is rising: The number of long-term unemployed Americans jumped to 1.67 million in April, the highest since February 2022. The number of Americans unemployed for 27 weeks and over has risen by ~600,000 over the last 2 years. As a result, the share of… pic.twitter.com/HLdMQcEbaj — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 7, 2025 …
A growing number of Americans are using buy now, pay later loans to buy groceries, and more people are paying those bills late, according to new Lending Tree data released Friday#MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) April 26, 2025 Americans are so fucking broke I don't even know where to fucking start pic.twitter.com/6YW4fe2zpm — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) …
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JD Vance is asked about lowering the prices of groceries and babbles about jobs. If you recall, Donald Trump said this about voters' priorities: “They all said inflation was the No. 1 issue. I said, ‘I disagree." MAGA got conned. pic.twitter.com/fXpjCjEOEe — Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) January 26, 2025
Surging inflation drove many consumers to cheaper brands or lower-quality products, but new data suggests that switching might not have saved them as much as they might have expected. During the most recent period of high inflation, prices of the least expensive products increased more than those of the costliest, according to an analysis of …
Autographed weapons to kill 18-26 year old boys who don’t know what they are fighting for. The devil is real. — Patrick ✝️ (@pwells1010) September 23, 2024 https://twitter.com/RadioGenoa/status/1838540743771574313
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