Yeah, to put it bluntly you Americans are ever increasingly fat as fuck. You could all stand to be eating a lot less calories. America is now pushing a 69% obesity / overweight rate. More than 2/3.

Sounds to me like 2/3 people should be able to save some money by not eating like an American pig.

100%. a large portion of america is eating themselves into poverty. dont want to work out, fine, just keep it at 2k calories. being poor and 350 pounds is mind boggling to me. my whole life at my poorest ive always been my thinnest.

agreed

just blew $150 on a half cart’s full of groceries.

as long as trumps a felon and loses 2024 election i’ll pay 2000$ a week groceries (all of which given to me via medicaid and foodstamps so I’m actually paying nothing ofc)

Less land whales = good.

land whales are doing fine though, because they get state subsidies that tend to at least somewhat keep up with inflation

The ones being fucked the hardest are the working poor, lower-middle class that work full time, so make too much to qualify for any aid but are still seeing 30+% rise in food prices while getting like a 2% per annum raise.

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like I'm thinking about it.. there's parts of the country in certain states where the median household income is like 50k. Those people and households are in a real bind. I probably spend 1k on my family groceries, shopping relatively frugally. Idk how a family making 50k would be able to do that while paying for a home, insurance, & all the other expense that ALSO spiked much higher. They probably literally save nothing.



This post was edited by ofthevoid on May 31 2024 08:52am

Those people have privilege to income qualified homes though and a plethora of other social safety net programs. It's the families just beyond the income thresholds that are being screwed. No safety net for them as inflation rips into their meager savings. For example, a brand new single family house, 3 bed, 2 bath listed for $175k for low income qualified. Meanwhile, open market had same house, but old as hell selling for $310k. Those making just above the income bounds are getting screwed. In my region, you disqualify if family of 4 over $81k/yr. These housing programs are county by county.

Anyways, I'd like to see a family of 4 making $82k/yr afford that $310k fixer upper at these rates.

It probably varies by state but where I live, we don't really have subsidized housing like that, at least that I'm aware. Sure there HUD public housing programs for low income people but generally those aren't to own. Some of those places are complete shit holes though. I grew up spitting distance from projects and those are typically some of the most crime infested hotspots in cities.

I think there were some rate incentives? when I was buying a house that I didn't qualify for but were available if you made below a certain amount.

This post was edited by ofthevoid on May 31 2024 10:14am