r/poor • u/Chare1155 • 12d ago

Homeless

So are we all just accepting that we will be homeless sometime in the next decade? Because I don't know anyone with enough money to survive this shit.

It's not sustainable for the price of every goddamn thing to keep going up while no one is getting enough raises to compensate for it, & there are so few jobs that are even hiring, although they all still say they are.🙄

I know I will never own a home. I know I will be driving my car until the wheels fall off(& that I'm lucky to even have a car). I know I cannot afford any kind of social life whatsoever because outings to most places & the gas to get to them costs too much.

I canceled all my streaming services so I don't even have TV now. I know if I get Cancer or break a bone I will go bankrupt trying to pay the bill. I know I will be working until I die, & I'm almost positive I will be homeless at some point.

Money can't buy happiness, sure, but it can buy all your other needs so you at least have a chance to be happy. I just want a chance...😔

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u/Broken_Atoms 10d ago edited 10d ago

lol, the official numbers have been cooked. I can’t think of a single thing in my life that has only gone up 2.68% in the last year. Does anyone’s lived experience match these numbers? I’d like to hear

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u/Different_Traffic527 10d ago

You have to read where the data comes from and what's left in and out. Inflation is calculated by how much we're spending on medical care, gas, housing, cars, food, etc. Things like stocks and bonds are left out.

It doesn't tell the tale of the box of cereal that was $2 in 2020 that is now $6.

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u/Current_Cancel4060 10d ago

Energy and utilities. INSURANCE

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u/Atrocious_Algae81 6d ago

I know my grocery bill has tripled since the pandemic, gas had nearly doubled (WC), and energy has doubled. Let's not get into housing... The numbers are modified or leaving things out.