#affordabilitycrisis — Public Fediverse posts

Ted Cruz Has a Fantasy That Americans Want More of Trump’s Failed Policies

Ted Cruz says Americans want Republican “good policies.” Polls and household budgets tell another story as Trump’s agenda raises costs and cuts protections.

Americans are saying affordability is a problem while politicians are explaining whose fault it is. Meanwhile,groceries have developed the pricing structure of concert tickets and checking out at the supermarket increasingly feels like applying for financing. #AffordabilityCrisis

McMorrow Schools Third Way: Democrats Must Grow the Tent, Not Attack the Left

Mallory McMorrow calmly exposes why Third Way’s $15M anti-DSA campaign weakens Democrats when voters need healthcare, housing, wages, and democracy

[The Guardian]: Let them eat SUVs: Trump White House orders fleet of luxury cars as Americans struggle. By Adam Gabbatt, July 30, 2026

Americans are facing a deepening affordability crisis but at least Trump and co have ... 250 new Cadillac Escalades

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/trump-general-motors-escalades?CMP=share_btn_url

#trumpcorruption #affordability #affordabilitycrisis #letthemeatcake

Pluralistic: The stupidest imaginable excuses for surveillance pricing (30 Jul 2026)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/30/pay-for-privacy/

This is an excellent and in depth interview mostly about Trump, how he works, and why we’re here in this state of the world.

Scaramucci surprises me with the quality of his answers, and he says we should not discount Trump as “stupid” either, so point taken.

Sit down for 45min and check it out on @anderspuck’s new long form YouTube channel.

I am left disturbed, confirmed, but also optimistic that someone like Scaramucci is optimistic.

https://youtu.be/Eql7csZqy7c?si=dMr4XxVeCLFJOI_Q

#uspoli #USA #World #canPoli #NATO #Ukraine #Russia #affordabilityCrisis #politics

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I guarantee it is worse in Canada, especially in BC.
#AffordabilityCrisis #cdnpoli #bcpoli #canpoli

“don't invade us because now we put a cap on EVs our citizens can afford... i thought you'd like that”

Carney to Trump on EVs apparently.

#CanPoli #CdnPoli #TheAmericanFascist #EndFossilFuels #AffordabilityCrisis

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-trump-chinese-evs-g7-9.7237002

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Look, if you want things to be affordable, you just have to become rich. It’s that simple. 🤷‍♂️

#NeoLiberalParadise #AffordabilityCrisis

@CTVNews @ottawa-CTVNews

Hmmmm ... it's almost as if grocery prices are increasing to suck up all the government grocery rebates that were announced last month. Surely our big grocery chains wouldn't take advantage of that program, would they?

#CanPoli #affordabilitycrisis

Did you miss yesterday's.city council votes?

"Toronto City Council has approved a pilot project that would see the City operate its own grocery stores in an effort to reduce food costs for shoppers.

Councillor Anthony Peruzza, for Humber River—Black Creek, pushed for a pilot project to open four nonprofit grocery stores across the city, aiming to make everyday groceries more affordable in low-income neighbourhoods."

https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/03/toronto-nonprofit-grocery-stores/?oly_enc_id=7565J1056034B3B
#Toronto #affordabilityCrisis #experimental

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Cheaper than Campbell’s soup. Let that sink in for a moment…

#AffordabilityCrisis #IncomeInequality

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Outstanding news, everybody!

(To anyone complaining about not being able to make rent or buy food: why didn’t you just invest in bank stocks?!!) /s

#KShapedEconomy #AffordabilityCrisis
#NeoLiberalism

I find it impressive that folks in one of the world’s most repressive regimes have the courage to stand up and protest their government’s inaction on dealing with their affordability crisis.

#AffordabilityCrisis #Iran https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/6/protests-grow-as-irans-government-makes-meager-offer-amid-tanking-economy

How many more Americans would live below the poverty line if the US government were to ban all imports of consumer goods?
#protectionism #importsubstitution #mercantilism #autarky #tradebarriers #tradewars #poverty #povertyline #americans #affordabilitycrisis #inflation #tradepolicy #usa #donaldtrump #tariffs #consumergoods #economics #imports

America’s deepening affordability crisis summed up in 5 charts – CBS News

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America’s deepening affordability crisis summed up in 5 charts

By Aimee Picchi, Mary Cunningham

Updated on: November 19, 2025 / 5:27 PM EST / CBS News

Although inflation across the U.S. is far cooler than in the post-pandemic years, millions of Americans say they still feel the pinch of rising prices, struggle to pay the bills and express concern about their financial prospects. 

Price increases are nowhere near the level reached in June of 2022, when the Consumer Price Index hit a 40-year high of 9.1%. Yet many people feel squeezed by the cost of simple daily necessities, including the ability to afford healthy food, and by long-term increases in the cost of essentials such as housing and health care.

This affordability crisis is rooted in a combination of both longstanding economic issues dating back decades and more recent developments. For instance, housing costs have surged partly due to a lack of available homes, a result of cutbacks in construction following the Great Recession, while more recently steep new U.S. tariffs have fueled inflation.  

Inflation and the economy now rank as Americans’ top national concerns, according to an October CBS News poll. 

“Everything is going up in price very quickly,” said Jeremy Tolbert, a 47-year-old web developer in Lawrence, Kansas.

With his family’s monthly health care premiums set to rise 18% to $2,600 next year, he’s planning to cut back in other areas. “Our food budget is going to go down — we’re not talking about eating beans and rice, but going from a comfortable middle-class lifestyle to eating how we did when we first got out of college,” Tolbert said.

Here are five key categories of spending that many Americans are struggling to afford.

Food

Almost half of Americans say it’s harder to afford groceries today than it was a year ago, according to a September survey by Axios and the Harris Poll. Only 19% said food prices are cheaper than a year earlier, with roughly a third seeing no change. 

Editor’s Note: See the PRICE CHECKER in the online version only. Cannot add here.. –DrWeb

Growth in food prices has eased considerably, although it is still rising, with the latest CPI report showing grocery prices rose 2.7% in September on an annual basis, a sharp contrast to the 11.4% increase in 2022. Overall, however, food prices as of September were more than 18% higher than in January of 2022, according to the CBS News price tracker. 

Shoppers don’t assess food costs the same way economists do. They focus on their day-to-day spending — which keeps climbing — and compare their out-of-pocket spending today with what they paid several years ago, according to research from the University of Florida. 

In other words, people’s experience of inflation and how they measure it in their daily lives may not mesh with official economic measures that paint a more optimistic picture. 

Meanwhile, other recent signals underscore the difficulty many Americans have simply putting food on the table. Roughly 14% of U.S. households reported food insecurity on average between January and October, up from 12.5% in 2024, according to data from Purdue University’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability.

In New York City, for example, 40% of local families can’t afford their weekly food costs, according to new data from charitable organization Robin Hood and Columbia University.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

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