cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/107526
Democrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee released a report Thursday detailing how much more the average American family in every US state is having to spend monthly to cover the rising costs of food, shelter, energy, and other necessities under the leadership of President Donald Trump. The panel released its report on the same day the Trump administration was supposed to…
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shawn1122@sh.itjust.works · 100 pts · 284d
Smart to use their methodology. That way they can't call it flawed. Well they can but they'll sound stupid
d00phy@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 284d
So cute that you think this!
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 38 pts · 284d
I wish this mattered to them. It hasn't stopped them so far lol.
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 283d
na, Democrats always lie, even they use the same methodology, if a Democrat said it is automatically a lie /s
d00phy@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 284d
So.
Much.
Winning.
saimen@feddit.org · 4 pts · 283d
You forgot that half of these families are libs. Owned them!
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 33 pts · 283d
$700 more PER MONTH? Where do people take the money from?
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 283d
Credit card bankruptcies are climbing.
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 283d
Mostly people accumulate debt in the US.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 283d
The same place Uber drivers get it from: their existing assets by way of unreturned value, resulting in ever decreasing net worth and increased debt.
mechoman444@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 283d
I'm putting a lot on credit. 1600 rent 1000 daycare 800 food 1000 car (payment + charging + ins. $4400 a month for basics. I make 5k to 6k a month. I don't make enough for regular things.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 283d
https://youtu.be/8rqNZAIQH4U
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 25 pts · 283d
Making America(n cost of living) greater again!
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · -17 pts · 283d
Hey, LLM bros, explain this joke according to your LLM of choice. I need some entertainment.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 283d
I got you. You see, Trump ran on the slogan "make America great again". And what the person above you commented was that same slogan, except they added parentheses and additional words to ammend the slogan to "makeing American cost of living greater again". Which implies trump is actually increasing the cost of living in America as opposed to actually making it great.
Hope that clears it up for you.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 283d
....it's a maga joke.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 283d
I wonder what my distant uncle who said Trump made him richer would think about this. I think he was referring to the three tiny stimulus checks he got during the pandemic. Oh well, he voted for this.
mean_bean279@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 283d
Those three fucking checks are why we’re here in the first place. It added trillions in debt to us, gave people “free” money during a time of low rates, and then put in place the giant rubber-band that is inflation because when you have that much money suddenly injected in the market capitalism dictates that you raise prices since people can afford it.
I was saying this is going to fuck us when trump did them the first time and yet still people act like Biden is the one that put us here.
bobgobbler@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 283d
Yeah it was those three checks, and not the massive block and categorical stimulus to states and corporations that dwarfed those up to 10x in size (and actually led to a fairly soft landing post Covid.)
Get this shit lib stuff out of here. And you’re not even that good at it. From a shit lib perspective, those actually made the situation not so bad. Trumps trade wars, foreign policy and gestapo are why we are here today. Full stop.
You sound like a confused paint eating MAGA
$800b in personal stimulus>4-5T in corporate and government stimulus, per you… wtaf
mean_bean279@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 283d
Never said those other things aren’t what helped get us here. That’s why I gave the broader number of trillions and not just billions.
Also, you’re calling me a MAGA when you’re the one actively defending a trump policy and decision… I’ve got two years of profile history that shows I’m not MAGA, you’ve been on here 5 days.
When you give out “free” money whether to people or to corporations and you don’t continue it and only do it as a one time you effectively create inflation. Lots of people NEEDED money during the pandemic, and I’m not against that. It’s the culmination of multiple government hand outs to people and corporations with no active thought put into what they’re trying to do that creates a loaded system.
It’s a fucking comment thread my dude. I’m not diving in with whole ass articles and a research paper just to make some fucking thread noob happy because he think I’m someone I’m not.
bobgobbler@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 282d
Where did I defend a Trump policy? I implied Biden led us to a soft landing…
And yeah sure you are blaming the individuals and not the massive corps who received literally 10x the amount of stimulus as your corporate buddies.
And maybe you’re playing a long astroturfed game? Who knows. Doesn’t make your view any more relevant or factual.
And you’re right, you said the checks are what led us here, and the other 4.2 trillion “helped” that 800 billion raise inflation… oooookaaay budddyyy.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 283d
It added closer to 800 billion-ish, not trillions.
But I agree with some of the wider points.
bobgobbler@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 283d
Yeah no mention to massive block and categorical grants to states to make up for the 43% loss in revenue. But $1800 (800b) caused it. And not the trade wars, gestapo ICE or tariffs.
Gtfoh with this shit
zebidiah@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 283d
...and people wonder why no one has hobbies anymore
Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 283d
That feels about right.
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 283d
Someone is wining, but it ain't you.
worhui@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 283d
That's a lot of money.
I mean that's about 12k pre tax to afford the 8.4k increase in costs. 18% of the median income in just increases, not total costs!
How are most people able to swing that if the median income is 66k ?
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 283d
So you know how there's the story of the underage girl prostituting herself to a congressperson for money for braces?
Exploitation. That's how people are intended, nay, expected, to 'swing it.'
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 283d
Invading Venezuela, giving cash to Argentina and golfing are the top priorities. I hope the Red Oblasts get hit the hardest.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 283d
Uh uh, no no! You're WRONG!
There is also the white House remodeling that costs some
200250300 million dollars for a useless ballroom that Cheeto MC fatty will name after himself.Sorry, just wanted to point that out.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 283d
Like Iraq, like Libya, like Syria, invading Venezuela has bipartisan support. The most you see from the dems are technical nitpicks about the way Trump is pursuing hostilities. Not one said "we should end the blockade and resume trade with Venezuela".
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 283d
I'm surprised how big the difference between states, $269 in OK to $1,030 in UT
Xella@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 283d
I'm in UT and I felt like I've just been fucking up my finances... I didn't realize it's an actual thing happening to me.
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 283d
oh, you are probably fucking up your finances too, but capitalism is f'n it up more than you are ;-)
Xella@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 283d
100% 😹
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 283d
The important thing is Israel still gets billions of dollars every year.
BoloMKXXVIII@piefed.social · 10 pts · 284d
No kidding.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 283d
Yeah but how much are eggs?
tym@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 283d
Bakkoda@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 283d
Can I wait till after Q3 earnings are in? Ubisoft gave me a chub.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 284d
I’ve noticed
myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 283d
Just more winning!
SlippiHUD@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 282d
I've managed to mostly keep my grocery bill down by buying more raw ingredients to supplement my garden and making stuff at home in bulk.
But I doubt that will continue now that the garden is done. I'm still waiting on the Trump Famine to hit since he's been constantly fucking up the agriculture sector. I'm not sure what the timing of it will be, but he seems to be intentionally trying to bring back the conditions described in the Grapes of Wrath.
In my yard I've planted 7 fruit trees and 8 berry bushes. And I'm building 200 Sq ft of raised beds, and another 400 sq ft of non raised bed garden. (Right now I have 100 sq ft) And I'm still planning arbors to grow Kiwi Berries and grapes. And I'm building a chicken coop today for 4 chickens. But all that probably won't sustain my family for 3-5 years when the trees and bushes finally start hitting fuller production.
I'm still waiting on gas and electricity bills to go up. So far gas is staying steady and electricity has only gone up 10% compared to the 20+% I'm seeing reported other places.
SlippiHUD@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 282d
But I'm also probably going without health insurance next year because premiums went up 300 a month, and I fully can't afford that.
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 282d
That garden sounds pretty good. A lot of people can't really help themselves like this though, because they live in city houses or apartments without land, and/or they're working long hours and don't have the time.
SlippiHUD@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 282d
Yeah I agree.
I was already doing this for fun before the 2024 election. It suddenly got more practical than I'd like. I originally started it to stock a small free pantry, and now it's stocking my own.
It's also why I'm expanding it, because I expect even worse times ahead. If you can, I'd start one, because it's better to be safe than sorry.
I'm on an urban lot that's like 1/7 an acre. I just get full sun on nearly all of it, except what's shaded by the house. (More than 4/5ths of it). Part of the reason I planted the trees was to shade the house. It came with 0 trees, now there are 9.
Most of my neighbors couldn't replicate this garden even if they wanted to because they don't get nearly the same full sun coverage. An east west road deadends into my yard, leading me to get morning sun hours earlier than my neighbors, and they have mature trees shading most of thier lots.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 284d
But I need two Rivians! I'm not sharing with Caitlin!
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 284d
Yah, but Biden had the worst economy ever, and Pedonald is just trying to dig out from all the terribleness.
🙄
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 284d
sure but they're paying it to the big corps who need profits, so like, it's all good, right?
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 283d
I wanna see what percent of working class voted for this guy
Psythik@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 283d
No we're not. My family can't afford to spend $700 more a month on groceries, so we just don't get many groceries anymore. Ramen is making a comeback in this household in a big way.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 283d
Yeah, instant ramen and Hamburger Helper sales have exploded in recent months, which is extremely concerning. But don’t worry guys, the TV told me the economy has never been better!
subtleorbit@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 282d
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 283d
Something something Biden something something China something something ballroom...
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 284d
tidderuuf@lemmy.world · -15 pts · 284d
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 284d
"costs can't be up, costs are up!" - stable genius
tidderuuf@lemmy.world · -14 pts · 284d
village604@adultswim.fan · 24 pts · 284d
If you think they can't go any higher you're in for a rude awakening in the next few months.
IronBird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 283d
now that i'm actually aware of this whole boom and bust cycle...i'll be honest...kind of pissed off
it's so obvious what they're trying/about to do...
Herbie@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 284d
Why do you think prices can't go any higher? They most definitely can and will in the coming months.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 284d
🙄 I live in my own basement, thanks.
GaryGhost@lemmy.world · -23 pts · 283d
Inflation is lower than it's ever been. Gas Is nearing 1.80 per gallon. Thanks giving will be 25% cheaper. Fake news media
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 283d
Guys im quite confident this is sarcasm
pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 283d
We are in a new age of disinformation and crazy people, where the president of the US literally responds to protests against him with AI videos of him shitting on all of them, and where every sarcasm post needs an /s.
IronBird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 283d
this really must be terrible for the collective american psyche
what a weird timeline we're in, apparently harambe really did tie it all together?
athatet@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 283d
It doesn’t really read like sarcasm when it’s making the same points maga is making tho.
Bwaz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 283d
If it isn't sarcasm, the poster hasn't been in a grocery or clothing store in months. Or gas station. But I actually heard Trump say something like "what inflation, there IS NO inflation" in an interview.
GaryGhost@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 273d
Yeah I just literally typed what trump said, paraphrasing
remon@ani.social · -32 pts · 283d
$700 for an entire family? Damn, the US is cheap.
MoonRaven@feddit.nl · 27 pts · 283d
$700 per month MORE than before.
remon@ani.social · -16 pts · 283d
About half of the states listed in the info graphic are below a total of $700 though.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip · 27 pts · 283d
Did we just learn how averages work?! Classroom cheers
Signtist@bookwyr.me · 10 pts · 283d
It's an average, calculated as the cumulative increase in monthly costs compared to January 2025 from February 2025 through September 2025. So people in West Virginia are paying $425 more per month on average than they did in January, while people in Utah are paying $1,030 more per month on average than they did in January. The average increase across all states is about $700.
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 283d
lol, is that a joke?
drhodl@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 283d
How do you even get by in life? Next time you're tempted to have an opinion, ask a grown up first.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 283d
Ya don't say
bold_atlas@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 283d
How do you even manage to breath?
pleaseletmein@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 283d
An extra 700 dollars on top of what they were already spending before.
Quadhammer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 283d
Bruh put down the pipe
Psythik@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 283d
Yeah but when you make $16/hr you can't afford an extra $700/mo. Doesn't matter how cheap things are when the pay is garbage.
Nissath@lemmy.world · -37 pts · 284d
Democrats claim Republicans........ They should have stated with that lol.
Alaik@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 283d
Used the republican methodology to assess impact? Cause they legit used the same one Republicans designed for Biden. Surely thats truthful, right?
Nissath@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 283d
They both are not truthful.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · -48 pts · 284d
I voted Trump because I trust him with the economy over that woman.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 284d
Average Trump voter would be cold, hungry, and sleeping in a gutter and still not admit they made a mistake.
4grams@awful.systems · 20 pts · 284d
This quote has stayed with me for years now:
“The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn’t even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it.”
toiletobserver@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 284d
Your face is delicious.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · -12 pts · 284d
I'm not understanding you Toile Tob Server.
phar@lemmy.ml · 19 pts · 284d
People in this thread are not picking up on the sarcasm here...
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 284d
Kind of a trend on lemmy, I'm noticing...
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 283d
Which is weird, because with Lemmy’s small community, all it took was a glance at the username for me to go, “Oh, I know SatansMaggotyCumFart, they’re cool. Which means that comment was definitely sarcasm.”
drhodl@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 283d
I have a box of /s's, going cheap.....
dmention7@midwest.social · 18 pts · 284d
I downvoted you because your blatant sarcasm wasn't punctuated with a "/s", so there was a 0.007% chance you were being sincere.
athatet@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 283d
How is it blatant sarcasm when it’s literally what magas say?
dmention7@midwest.social · -2 pts · 283d
Context maybe, and a bit of critical thinking?
Look at the subject of the thread, and look at what they said. It's clearly not something a MAGA on Lemmy would post in response to a news article critical of Trump, but a parody of what a MAGA would have said that led to the situation being described by the article.
But shit, for whatever reason people on Lemmy see a few downvotes, immediately take that as evidence that it's a serious comment, and don't give it a second thought. It's all over the place here.
drhodl@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 283d
/s is cheap and avoids any confusion.
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 283d
I see you've not met my uncle.
dmention7@midwest.social · 1 pts · 282d
I have not. But if they are on Lemmy, share their username and I'll get some popcorn lol
ilost7489@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 284d
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 283d