How are poor Americans surviving right now?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (225849)
Walnut Creek, California
April 29, 2025 9:02am CST
Since Donald Trump took office, the stock market has dropped about 10 per cent, grocery prices have skyrocketed, and increasing numbers of Americans are experiencing the depression and anxiety that come with helplessness.
I will be OK. I am putting my extra cash into fixed income funds, and I will still occasionally buy bacon, even if it's something like $15 /pound right now.
But what about the Americans who were Trump's largest voter block? Those who are scraping by, and cannot afford massive increases in grocery prices? Are they running up their credit card bills, and financing the rich bankers, who collect (I don't even know) 10 per cent in interest?
If you know someone who is not "rich," who cannot pay off their credit card every month, and cannot smugly invest their income in conservative funds, how are they getting by?
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@Scarred4Lyfe (750)
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6h
My total monthly income is less than $1200 and things are very scary right now.
To be blunt, if I didn't own my own house free and clear, I'd be f***ed, and it may wind up like that anyway if things don't change soon. Luckily this year my senior citizen property tax measure kicks in which reduced that by 75% or I would not be able to pay it and I'd lose everything inside 3 years when the property would get seized for back taxes.
F**** Trump. Right in his f***hole.
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@LooeyVille (44)
• United States
5h
Seriously? You're blaming this on Trump? It's only been 100 days. Those people were already scraping by and running up their credit cards. The stock market is fluctuating like always when a new president is installed and makes sweeping reforms and changes.
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@MarieCoyle (43146)
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4h
@TheHorse
His approval rating is now the lowest of any President in over 7 decades. I know a lot of people who voted for him, and they are truly sorry now.
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@TheHorse (225849)
• Walnut Creek, California
4h
@MarieCoyle Have they explained to you why they believed him?
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@AmbiePam (97626)
• United States
5h
I know our church is helping a lot of people right now. I’m blessed to have a dad who would help me if I needed it, although we both prefer if I just find a way to manage (after all, he won’t be here forever as much I hate that). But oh my word! Grocery shopping last week put a sick feeling in my stomach.
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@MarieCoyle (43146)
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4h
@TheHorse
Yogurt and butter and cheese are way up here now...so yours may go up, too.
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@porwest (99172)
• United States
5h
It never ceases to amaze me how short attention spans are. Inflation happened under Biden and you were silent. NOW it's a problem? I wonder why. Oh yeah, Trump. I get it. You are willing to forget about the inflation not seen in 40 years under Biden and somehow blame the cost of living on something Trump is now having to fix.
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@MarieCoyle (43146)
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4h
People are scared, truly. Pretty much everything I buy at the store goes up constantly, and I am a really frugal shopper. I do everything I can to try to save...I cook from scratch, I consolidate trips, we don't eat out with the exception of occasionally a family member will take us. I am trying to make my own income meant for one person, to cover another person's expenses, so every penny counts. Like our DE, my son is waiting on disability since he is too sick to work right now. I don't charge anything on credit cards. If I can't pay for it, I don't get it.
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@TheHorse (225849)
• Walnut Creek, California
2h
@MarieCoyle How did they get into such a situation?
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@MarieCoyle (43146)
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3h
@TheHorse
No, they don't. I know some are drowning in credit card debt.
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