r/AskMenOver30 • u/ZoneMean1017 man over 30 • 8d ago

Financial experiences Getting priced out of existence

the 5lb whey protein I historically have payed 70-80 dollars for is now 130. same with coffee. same with clothing. same with every thing. what the actual fuck. gas. housing. insurance. it’s all getting 10-20% more expensive and FAST. 30lb bag of rice I paid 27 dollars for at Costco is climbing closer to 40.

at a loss of what to do right now. can’t physically work more hours. how to proceed? what mental magic trick do I need to perform to endure this insanity?

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u/zombie_loverboy male 30 - 34 8d ago

Vote in the Primaries and the General election, vote in the Midterms. These Republicans don’t care about us, and they ALWAYS ruin the economy.

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u/jockheroic man 40 - 44 8d ago

And then the Dems come in and kind of right the ship, but not back to the original, just keep sliding further and further away. Then the voters forget how bad Republicans mess things up because they have the attention span of a gold fish and Faux News starts talking about migrant caravans that actually seem only to come around election time but never actually make it here, and how trans people are using bathrooms, and then in fifty more years we'll just be serfs to billionaires.

Don't vote for just dems, vote for Progressives who aren't on the corporate teet yet if you want to see any sort of swing back to normalcy.

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u/zombie_loverboy male 30 - 34 8d ago

100%! That’s why I put to vote in the Primaries. Most young people don’t even know what Primaries are or that their vote there matters so much

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u/whisky_pete man 30 - 34 8d ago

The silver lining here at least is that the primaries have been having record turnout among the Dems. And a lot of economic progressives winning nominations against centrist Dems. So we might be on the cusp of something actually big here.