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"I feel like I'm on a hamster wheel" — US cost of living has skyrocketed since 2020
Boing Boing,
Prices on just about everything in the United States have gone up — way up. Here are some figures from an article in Bloomberg titled, "Just How Bad Is the US Cost-of-Living Squeeze? We Did the Math"that reveal how much prices have jumped since 2020:2020: Groceries = 25% Pets = 17% Electricity Bills = 25% (51% in California) Natural gas = 29% Rent =+20% Used Cars = 35% Car Insurance = 33% Child care = 32% Bloomberg interviewed several U.S. — Read the rest