According to CBS News, this new trend has been referred to as “energy poverty,” when Americans are unable to pay their energy bills or otherwise afford utilities. On average, households that spend 6 percent of their income or more on energy bills alone are considered to be in “energy poverty.” Currently, 1 in 7 American households spend approximately 14 percent of their income on energy.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
As Prices Soar, Americans Forced to Choose Between Food and Energy
With inflation remaining stubbornly high, many Americans have been forced to choose whether to pay for more groceries to feed their families, or to pay their energy bills to keep their families cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
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Aldi today, eggs $3.76 a dozen, last week, $2.63...Sevier County.
ReplyDeleteKamala's got a solid plan to drop prices. . She's gonna make all those evil, greedy food retailers and energy suppliers give their products to the public for free. Well except maybe Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and other 6 figure donators to her campaign.
ReplyDeleteIs it true that Oprah donated $150 million to her campaign yet asked for donations from the public when it came to Maui disaster
DeletePoor people can't make you richer nor pass laws in your favor, duh.
DeleteUsed to be, summers and the associated electric bills in the desert in Southern California sucked, but I could absorb them. It as the cost of doing business in the desert. Now though, it's another story. Gavin Newsom and his fairyland fever dream of "green" energy drove the price of electricity to the point that the only ones who can handle its cost are the rich, who don't care, and the poor, whose utilities are "free." The rest of us are left to struggle. I've done all I can to mitigate the pounding my finances are taking due to the greenies' beliefs in pixie dust and unicorn farts, but it's getting ahead of me now. I'll hear people say "Suck it up, buttercup! People existed and THRIVED before the advent of modern heating and cooling." True, but houses and buildings were BUILT around the lack of modern heating and cooling. Hell; many apartment and office building windows can't even OPEN!!!
ReplyDeleteLong story short though, we don't have an energy problem. We have a POLITICIAN problem. Easily handled, if... you know what I mean... They may be powerful, but they're still MORTAL!
I moved out of NE Atlanta last December. We were almost living at 100% of our pensions. We moved to a rural farming community where I have 6 acres with about 100 feet of pond shoreline. Cable TV is gone and I have 3 streaming packages for TV so my combined TV/Internet has dropped $150 a month. The old cell phone company has spotty coverage at the new house. The new cell company is $90 a month cheaper than the old plan for 2 lines. Since I am retired Air Force I buy groceries at Commissary 23 miles away for a reduction in the cost of our food bill. I have a garden and a freezer full of veggies that has also reduced our food bill. Taxes are less and there is no emissions testing. Up until last month we were living beyond our means and had to pull money out of savings but that was due to renovations and upgrades to make our new hour ours. Last month I was able to put $800 back into savings. It is much cheaper to live here than metro Atlanta. If you live where the food is produced the cost of the food is much cheaper.
ReplyDeleteWait. If you pay 6% of your salary on energy, you are in poverty?
ReplyDeleteThe median income in the US is $37,585. Six percent of that is about $188 a month. That seems like most of the people who are median income will be considered in poverty.
The question I would like an answer to is...
ReplyDeleteWhat percentage of these people got what they voted for?
Kama Lalala will fix this by printing more money to burn.
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