About two in three Americans say their household expenses have risen over the last year, but only about one in four say their income has increased in the same period.
  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
    49·
    1 year ago

    I believe it. I’m doing OK financially, but I’m cutting back. Killed my Prime and Disney+ accounts before the rates went up. Did the same for Max when I realized all I watched was John Oliver, and finally got everything out of a storage unit I had rented a few years ago, and shut that down. Saving over $100 a month now.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        “Over $100 a month…” On a monthly scale, Prime, Disney+ and Max aren’t that much, just a lot if you pay a year at a time.

        Amazon Prime = $139/year / 12 = $11.58/mo.
        Disney+ = 139.99/year / 12 = $11.66/mo.
        Max = 199.99/year / 12 = $16.67/mo.

        So, yeah, of the “over $100/mo.” the bulk of it was the storage unit. The services pushed it over the top.

  • MelodiousFunk@kbin.social
    172·
    1 year ago

    But there were some other headlines that said “people think the economy is bad but they’re spending lots of money so that means it’s good hahaha people are so dumb.”

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  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    151·
    1 year ago

    We just had to go down to a single income. I am really glad my wife has a pretty safe job and we can afford to keep up with bills, but things will be tight.

  • June@lemm.ee
    13·
    1 year ago

    I was a DINK until October last year.

    I kept the house because I can swing the payments. But just barely. It’s been a tough year adjusting to having a slim budget again, but I’ve made it. Not without worming a second job and denying myself a lot of small luxuries that would have made my mental health.

    I’m asking for a raise, but am guessing it’s not going to come.