In 2022, 12.8% of American households, or 17 million households, had difficulty at some point during the year providing enough food for all members of their family, compared to 10.2% in 2021, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The data, which was released in October 2023, comes as Biden testifies to the strength of the American economy following substantial Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 4.9% in the third quarter of 2023.
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Just what the hell are you going to believe? You're grumbling hungry stomach, your crying children, you're worried spouse, or Joe? I mean really, with Slow Joe the Sniffer lie to us?
ReplyDeleteIt is turrible, but I bet ery one of them families got them phones and cable television and things that just ain't necessary
ReplyDeleteBIdenomics is working as planned.
ReplyDeleteThese politicians l know bugger all about being hungry and cold and worried about life
ReplyDeleteThree years ago I was adding $1400 a month to the savings account after monthly expenses. Two tears ago I was adding $800 a month to the savings account after monthly expenses. Last year we were breaking even and not adding to the savings account after monthly expenses. Currently I am pulling $500-$700 a month out of savings and our standard of living has dropped. Yes we are on a fixed income as we a newly retired 3 years ago.
ReplyDeleteHow? Mortgage is fixed, car payment fixed. Food and utilities have not swung $2,000.00 a month. That makes no sense
DeleteAnonymous have paid a utility bill or gone shopping lately ?
DeleteMy electrical provider uses natural gas mostly to fire up the steam generators to produce power, we get charged a " fuel adjustment charge " per KWH. Although natural gas is inexpensive here my adjustment charges are higher that my electrical use costs. In my personal case I am paying not quite double what I did last year, the 2022 vs 2023 graft on my bill shows I an using pretty much the same amounts of electricity.... Also food costs have easily doubled here, 6 plastic shopping bags of groceries is going to set me back $120 or more when it used to cost me about $60.
JD
I'm paying about twice as much for food here too and it's just gone up another 10% after Tennessee's food tax holiday expired yesterday. Also, my wife's co-pays on her meds and doctor's visits have gone up as well. And labor costs for any repairs you may need have gone up too.
Delete120 ain't 2000.
DeleteEven with meds, utilities etc no where near 2000.
Math.
Wirecutter ........ here in La we get to lock in our property tax once we make 65, not counting millage increases, so I get to do that this month... Property tax has gone up quite a bit over the last 8 years, we do an assessment every 4 years and next year is time for another one, so although it's still too high it won't be going up anymore.
DeleteJD
Anon, you have no idea how much my medical costs are for my wife. I've had three co-pays of $300+ this past month alone for different procedures and another appointment with another specialist tomorrow.
DeleteNo 120 is not 2000 but math shows us if we use the law of averages then we can calculate the proportion of increase of most everything to approximately the same ratio. $100 a month power bill for instance becomes $200 so proportionally a $400 bill become $800. Food costs basically doubled so some one paying $150 a week in groceries is now out $300. Considering gas price increases as well as labor costs and shipping costs for items purchased on line have also increased significantly although probably closer to 40%. Insurance costs are on home, auto and health policies increases plus co-pay like wirecutter mentioned is rising as well. So if you bother to add the increases of the items a person purchases today vs last year you can easily go over 2000..
DeleteAs an example if we use the 400 increase in electrical costs plus the 150 × 4 in food increases we are already half way there and we still have not factored in anything else in the increase cost of living...
JD
JD, still doesn't add up to 2000. I got bills too.
DeleteKenny co-pays are a different issue. Co-pays have not change much over past few years so those are not inflation related.
You're telling me my wife's co-pays haven't changed much? Are you kidding me? I'm the one paying them!
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DeleteYou go on trying to convince yourself that, in the meantime the rest of us in the real world will carry on until we either no longer can or won't tolerate anymore.
JD
Never believe gov't statistics...all lies. Here's Stossel (not that I'm a fan of his) on what food insecurity really means. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es614SrcbhI&t=233s sammy
ReplyDeleteI went though tough times in the early 70s ... I went hungry many times so my wife and son had enough food. I recall a wine a cheese going on at a hotel I was passing by one day, I went in and ... I stole some cheese and crackers because I was hungry. I could never buy anything .. no coffees, no lunches no smokes no drinks ... I ate what I could and gave up pretty much everything. Eventually I found better work and climbed out of that pit. I know what it's like to have nothing and be hungry.
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