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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let’s play a game: which will come first? civil unrest, 2% interest rates or midterm elections?
we’re not the only ones playing that game.
I’m surprised how big the difference between states, $269 in OK to $1,030 in UT
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.
…and people wonder why no one has hobbies anymore
That feels about right.
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.
$700 more PER MONTH? Where do people take the money from?
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.
Mostly people accumulate debt in the US.
Credit card bankruptcies are climbing.
Someone is wining, but it ain’t you.
Making America(n cost of living) greater again!
Hey, LLM bros, explain this joke according to your LLM of choice. I need some entertainment.
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.
…it’s a maga joke.
Deploying the same methodology that Republicans used to track cost increases under former President Joe Biden, JEC Democrats found that the average US family is spending roughly $700 more per month on basic items since Trump took office in January, pledging to bring prices “way down.”
Smart to use their methodology. That way they can’t call it flawed. Well they can but they’ll sound stupid
na, Democrats always lie, even they use the same methodology, if a Democrat said it is automatically a lie /s
Well they can but they’ll sound stupid
I wish this mattered to them. It hasn’t stopped them so far lol.
That way they can’t call it flawed.
So cute that you think this!
So.
Much.
Winning.
You forgot that half of these families are libs. Owned them!
No kidding.
I’ve noticed
$700 for an entire family? Damn, the US is cheap.
An extra 700 dollars on top of what they were already spending before.
Bruh put down the pipe
$700 per month MORE than before.
About half of the states listed in the info graphic are below a total of $700 though.
lol, is that a joke?
How do you even get by in life? Next time you’re tempted to have an opinion, ask a grown up first.
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.
Did we just learn how averages work?! Classroom cheers
Yah, but Biden had the worst economy ever, and Pedonald is just trying to dig out from all the terribleness.
🙄
sure but they’re paying it to the big corps who need profits, so like, it’s all good, right?
But I need two Rivians! I’m not sharing with Caitlin!
