They keep raising prices, stating that it’s due to inflation, but then they keep having record profits.
Meanwhile, the average American can barely afford rent or food nowadays.
What are we to do? Vote? I have been but that doesn’t seem to do much since I’m just voting for a representative that makes the actual decisions.
Stop buying their shit. Obviously there’s things you need to live and that’s fine but stop wasting your money and making them rich by buying all the ancillary shit.
This is the answer. Its simple but not easy. Do you think the average person knows what they’re spending money on each month? And how much? One chick I knew was spending almost $500 a month dining out!! A MONTH!
It is difficult to not have any “fun” purchases tho, nearly impossible imo. But you have to have spending discipline and next to no people have that.
But let’s say everyone stops spending on non essentials, taken to its conclusion that would leave only grocery stores, dr offices, mechanics, and banks left to do business lol maybe a few others.
But… those places all price gouge too :(.
Everyone starts growing veggies and fruit, and only buying direct from farmers.
This is good for rural areas and mid sized areas especially. In buffer cities there are lots of co-ops and other resources to do this as well. It’s not easy, but it’s also one of the easier things to do. Even a small change like buying a few things locally produced is better than nothing.
All are also experiencing higher operating, production costs. Costs that are passed on to the customer.
During and after covid pandemic many fortunate 100 and fortune 500 companies made record breaking profits…
For tracking expenses, I use an app called You Need a Budget (YNAB). It’s pretty handy and is great for showing you where all your money goes.