"while just under a fifth, 19 percent, said groceries are easier to afford now."

Found the Trumpers.

Maybe they just need to cut back on little in those areas of expenditures to have more for food.
#4 | Posted by MSgt

Oh so you agree that food prices have gone up.
You just totally changed the subject, to people could afford groceries if they cut back on the lattes and avocado toast.

You did that because you're conditioned to find a way to make it Not Trump's Fault.

I think you were a smarter person say ten years ago. You sometimes made insightful comments. Now you just run damage control for the Republican Party 24x7.

"Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover book/plan"

The seven baby steps are:
1. Save a $1,000 beginner emergency fund.
2. Get out of debt using the debt-snowball method. This means to list all debts arranging them by smallest to largest amount. Make only the minimum payments on all except the smallest debt. Use any available money to pay as much as possible to the smallest debt. When the smallest debt is paid off, add that money to the payments of the next smallest debt. Repeat until all debts except the house mortgage are paid off.
3. Save a proper emergency fund that is 3-6 months of expenses.
4. Invest 15% of household income for retirement.
5. Save for children's college.
6. Pay off the home early.
7. Build wealth and be generous.

Let's take Step 1. "According to a 2023 NerdWallet survey, only 45% of Americans could cover a $1,000 emergency expense without using a credit card or loan, indicating that many struggle to build even a modest emergency fund."

So, what Dave is selling isn't going to be actionable advice for roughly half the people who really need help.

You are very out of touch with the way things are if you can't see that.

If you listen to his show, you know how financially ruined millions of Americans already are.

A book isn't going to fix that.

But you don't think it's a thing that society needs to be fixed.

If you want Americans to be financially healthy, you'd start with things like regulating the financial "services" that prey on the poor, things like payday loans and

But MSgt doesn't want a government that helps poor Americans become financially healthy.
MSgt wants a government that helps poor Americans stay poor.
Because he likes blaming poor Americans for being poor.

"Seems like a waste of time to argue about a poll measuring what people THINK about grocery prices"

Your think so, but we live in a country where Republicans think other countries pay the Trump Tariffs.

Neither is making ------ life choices. But you keep doing you.
#41 | Posted by lfthndthrds

You don't make any life choices.
Nothing to look forward to.
No dreams left to come true.
No dreams at all.