Nearly four in ten (39%) of US adults say they worry most or all of the time that their family’s income won’t be enough to meet expenses, according to a new CNN poll. That’s up from 28% who expressed those concerns in December 2021, and it’s similar to the numbers seen during the Great Recession (37%).
To cope, significant shares of Americans said they are adding side jobs, cutting down on driving and putting more expenses on credit cards.
Entirely anecdotal, but we’re setting up for a fruit and vegetable garden next season. Having a portion of either with each meal was how we were raised, but doing so from the grocery is pushing our bill up a good $100 a month.
Overall this isn’t much of a surprise. Since the industrial revolution, the production value of one worker has grown exponentially. Salaries, not so much. A prime side effect of this disparity is the demise of the stay at home parent. The ratio of people this was a reality for vs the ones it wasn’t has entirely inverted. All this in a handful of generations.
A home garden should be more of a hobby than a requirement.
39% of Americans worry they can’t pay the bills.
The other 61% just disassociate like it’s going out of style.
60.89% of the population.
Maybe if some of them didn’t try living like kings and queens, they wouldn’t find themselves struggling as much.
No, you don’t need 30 subscription services. No, you don’t need to have bundle packages if you use only 1 or 2 things out of the 5 there. No, you don’t need to be going out to eat almost every other meal or day of the week. No, you don’t need your little weed or alcohol that you dump a lot of money into.
Yeah, you definitely read the article and didn’t jump to conclusions at all. Clown.
Groceries are up $1k a month. They’ve cut streaming and entertainment and started relying on the library. They’ve stopped driving. They’re working 2, 3 jobs. Not sure what shitty kings you’re hanging with if this seems luxurious to you.
Lol that guy is crazy, probably has no clue just how expensive having a family is. Listed nothing factual at all, no statistics or avg/median prices, spending data, nothing. Probably regurgitating some fox news shit that if you have A/C and a fridge you’re better off than a 15th century peasant.
Hope they get the help they need.
Ok, retard. You don’t need to read all of the articles in the world to necessarily understand something. Because you know, you’re forgetting that people hear stories from others. They live around others making poor financial decisions. It’s called living, do you know that or are you still wolfing down pizza bagels and hot pockets that your mom personally delivers to you in your basement you call a ‘mancave’?
Who is paying $1,000 of groceries a month? Who does that? Sounds like poor management to me. Either that or you’ve inflated the number to sound like you’ve got a foot of a counterargument that you don’t have.
Sounds like you’re making up so many incompatible strawmen to make yourself sound smart.
Again, you’re a retard.
Your post history makes it pretty clear that you suffer from depression - the unrealistically black and white thinking, the lack of anything but negativity - so I’m sorry about that. If you can, I’d recommend trying psilocybin. It’s helped several people I know with bad depression.
In the meantime I’m going to block you, since 95%+ of your posts are straight trolling.
Who is paying $1,000 of groceries a month?
<nervously raises hand> someone with a family, perhaps.
Why would you put more on credit??? The interest rates on credit cards are fucking criminal.
Necessities are necessary. If you don’t have the money for said necessities, what do you do? Borrow money, and worry about it tomorrow.
