Amid intensifying tariffs, just 30% of Americans say they can afford the cost of living, according to a poll from Data for Progress.

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    9 days ago

    It feels like everyone is struggling to avoid saying the word “recession” because as soon as they do the emperor’s clothes will be gone.

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    So, I know it’s objectively true that the inflationary pressures and USD devaluation happening due to the insane idiocy that governs us now is far worse than anything that happened with Biden, but I’m also darkly amused that the current regime is trying the exact fucking same play that Biden did: ignore data, claim success, shit talk people who refute the party line.

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    not to say “i told you so” to everyone who voted for trump because they were struggling under biden, but hopefully this is a wakeup call to listen to the people who were saying they’d struggle more under this president than they had been under the last one

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      8 days ago

      my parents are on the verge of losing the one thing that makes their several medications affordable but their mantra is “don’t worry son, things are about to get better.”

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    It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be REDUCED to twenty grammes a week.

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    It doesn’t matter what the people experience. It’s just about how Trump and his elite pedophiles feel. They feel things are great.